Goto Section: 76.1630 | 76.1701 | Table of Contents
FCC 76.1700
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 76.1700 Records to be maintained by cable system operators.
(a) Recordkeeping requirements. The operator of every cable television
system having fewer than 1,000 subscribers is exempt from the public
inspection requirements contained in Sec. 76.1701 (political file); Sec. 76.1715
(sponsorship identification); Sec. 76.1702 (EEO records available for public
inspection); Sec. 76.1703 (commercial records for children's programming);
Sec. 76.1704 (proof-of-performance test data); and Sec. 76.1706 (signal leakage logs
and repair records). The operator of every cable television system having
1000 or more subscribers but fewer than 5000 subscribers shall, upon
request, provide the information required by Sec. 76.1715 (sponsorship
identification); Sec. 76.1702 (EEO records available for public inspection);
Sec. 76.1703 (commercial records for children's programming); Sec. 76.1704
(proof-of-performance test data); and Sec. 76.1706 (signal leakage logs and
repair records) but shall maintain for public inspection a file containing a
copy of all records required to be kept by Sec. 76.1701 (political file). The
operator of every cable television system having 5000 or more subscribers
shall maintain for public inspection a file containing a copy of all records
which are required to be kept by Sec. 76.1701 (political file); Sec. 76.1715
(sponsorship identification); Sec. 76.1702 (EEO records available for public
inspection); Sec. 76.1703 (commercial records for children's programming);
Sec. 76.1704 (proof-of-performance test data); and Sec. 76.1706 (signal leakage logs
and repair records).
(1)–(2) [Reserved]
(b) Location of records. The public inspection file shall be maintained at
the office which the system operator maintains for the ordinary collection
of subscriber charges, resolution of subscriber complaints, and other
business or at any accessible place in the community served by the system
unit(s) (such as a public registry for documents or an attorney's office).
The public inspection file shall be available for public inspection at any
time during regular business hours.
(c) All or part of the public inspection file may be maintained in a
computer database, as long as a computer terminal is made available, at the
location of the file, to members of the public who wish to review the file.
(d) The records specified in paragraph (a) of this section shall be retained
for the period specified in Sec. Sec. 76.1701, 76.1702, 76.1704(a), and 76.1706,
respectively.
(e) Reproduction of records. Copies of any material in the public inspection
file shall be available for machine reproduction upon request made in
person, provided the requesting party shall pay the reasonable cost of
reproduction. Requests for machine copies shall be fulfilled at a location
specified by the system operator, within a reasonable period of time, which
in no event shall be longer than seven days. The system operator is not
required to honor requests made by mail but may do so if it chooses.
[ 65 FR 53621 , Sept. 5, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 67117 , Dec. 28, 2001; 67 FR 1650 , Jan. 14, 2002]
Goto Section: 76.1630 | 76.1701
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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