Introduced
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To revise the new <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2006-HB-6456">state video service franchise system</a> that substantially replaced the discretion of local governments in franchising video service providers, including through cable or phone lines. The bill would revise a cap on "public, education, and government access facility" fees (PEG fees) by allowing a local government to raise the PEG fee to 2 percent for each cable system as soon as that system's current franchise agreement expired, and to charge a full 2 percent PEG fee immediately for any new cable entrants, even if the franchise agreement for the established cable company set a lower PEG fee.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology
