South Carolina General Assembly
118th Session, 2009-2010

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H. 3525

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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Hamilton, Nanney, Brantley, Bannister, Cobb-Hunter, Stringer, Wylie and Clemmons
Document Path: l:\council\bills\nbd\11240bh09.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 386

Introduced in the House on February 12, 2009
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry

Summary: Cable companies

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/12/2009  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-14
   2/12/2009  House   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        HJ-14
   2/18/2009  House   Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Hosey
   2/19/2009  House   Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Hodges
   2/26/2009  House   Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Clemmons

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/12/2009

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 58-12-90, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CABLE COMPANIES MAKING A CHANNEL AVAILABLE TO THE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CABLE COMPANIES MUST ALSO OFFER A CABLE SERVICE TIER THAT ALLOWS SUBSCRIBERS TO CHOOSE CHANNELS ON AN INDIVIDUAL PER-CHANNEL BASIS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 58-12-90 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 533 of 1990, is further amended to read:

"Section 58-12-90.    (A)    All cable television companies operating in the State shall make available one six megahertz channel for the transmissions of the South Carolina Educational Television Commission.

(B)    All cable television companies operating in the State shall offer a basic cable service tier comprised of required local, public, educational, and governmental channels and channels offered on an individual per-channel basis rather than solely as part of a package or tier of programming. Nothing in this section prevents a cable television company from offering tiers or packages of service that contain any or all channels offered on an individual per-channel basis."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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