San Juan Bautista Municipal Code Art. 9 Rate Regulation

The City reserves all rights to implement and impose regulation of a franchisee’s rates and charges to the maximum extent permitted by law, and may do so by amendment to this Chapter, by separate ordinance, by amendment to a franchise agreement, or in any other lawful manner. Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit the City from regulating a franchisee’s rates and charges.

Except as federal law may otherwise expressly provide, a franchisee may not change its rates and charges unless it has first given a minimum thirty (30) calendar days prior written notice of such change to the City and to all subscribers.

Subpart N of 47 C.F.R., Part 76, governs the regulation of rates for basic cable service and equipment within the City for any franchisee which has been notified that (i) the City has been certified to regulate its basic service and equipment rates; and (ii) the City has adopted regulations governing regulation of basic service and equipment rates. The City hereby reserves the right to regulate rates for basic cable service and equipment within the City to the extent permitted under applicable law.