Sec.  78.27   License conditions.

   (a) Authorizations (including initial grants, modifications, assignments or
   transfers of control, and renewals) in the Cable Television Relay Service to
   serve cable television systems and other eligible systems, shall contain the
   condition that cable television systems shall operate in compliance with the
   provisions of part 76 (Cable Television Service) of this chapter and that
   other eligible systems shall operate in compliance with the provisions of
   part 21 and part 74 of this chapter.

   (b) CARS stations licensed under this subpart are required to commence
   operation within one year of the date of the license grant.

   (1) The licensee of a CARS station shall notify the Commission in writing
   when the station commences operation. Such notification shall be submitted
   on or before the last day of the authorized one year construction period;
   otherwise, the station license shall be automatically forfeited.

   (2) CARS licensees needing additional time to complete construction of the
   station and commence operation shall request an extension of time 30 days
   before the expiration of the one year construction period. Exceptions to the
   30-day advance filing requirement may be granted where unanticipated delays
   occur.

   [ 50 FR 23421 , June 4, 1985, as amended at  55 FR 46015 , Oct. 31, 1990;  69 FR 57862 , Sept. 28, 2004]