Costa Mesa Municipal Code Art. 6 Public, Educational and Governmental (PEG) Access Channel Fee

Any video service provider, cable service or video system service provider holding a state issued franchise pursuant to the Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 (the "Act," Public Utilities Code 5 5800 et seq.) or a City of Costa Mesa franchise shall be subject to a fee, which shall not exceed 1% of the holder's gross revenues as defined in Public Utilities Code section 5860 or any subsequent amendment thereof. The fee shall be used to support public, educational and governmental (PEG) channel activities.

The PEG fee required to be paid by this section shall be remitted to the city within 45 days after the end of the fiscal year for which the fee is being paid, regardless of when during the fiscal year video services commenced being offered in the city. Each payment shall be accompanied by a summary explaining the basis for the calculation of the PEG fee. If the video service provider does not pay the PEG fee when due, the video service provider shall pay a late payment charge at a rate per year equal to the highest prime lending rate during the period of delinquency, plus 1%. If the video service provider has overpaid its PEG fee, it may deduct the overpayment from its next annual payment.

(Ord. No. 07-20, § 1, 12-4-07)