Truckee Municipal Code Ch. 4.01 Purpose of Title

The purpose of this Title 4 is to implement the requirements of California's Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 (the "Act"). The Act removed the Town's jurisdiction over most aspects of cable television and similar video services, but did require the Town to adopt certain requirements by ordinance to implement the Act's terms. The provisions of this title are designed to regulate video service providers holding state video franchises and operating within the Town. Pursuant to the Act, the Town shall receive a franchise fee from all state video franchise holders operating within the Town. Additionally, the Town has the responsibility to establish and enforce penalties, consistent with state law, against all state video franchise holders operating within the Town for violations of customer service standards, but the Act grants all authority to adopt customer service standards to the state.

No person or entity shall provide cable television service or video services for which a state-issued franchise is required under the Act without obtaining and maintaining a franchise therefor.

By adopting this Title 4, the Town Council does not waive or excuse any violation of Title 4 as it existed immediately prior to the effective date of the ordinance adopting this Title 4, or any obligation of any person or entity to which the former version of this Title 4 applied. To the extent not superseded by state or federal law, the former provisions of this Title 4 shall be deemed to have remained in effect continuously until the effective date of the ordinance adopting this Title 4.