California Public Utilities Code

§ 5890

PUC § 5890 Effective Jan 1, 2008Div. 2.5

Statute text

(a)A cable operator or video service provider that has been granted a state franchise under this division may not discriminate against or deny access to service to any group of potential residential subscribers because of the income of the residents in the local area in which the group resides.

(b)Holders or their affiliates with more than 1,000,000 telephone customers in California satisfy subdivision (a) if all of the following conditions are met:

(1)Within three years after it begins providing video service under this division, at least 25 percent of households with access to the holder’s video service are low-income households.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 123, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2008.