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it+F �:iiY or PLEASANTON. DRAFT 2023 Legislative Positions T Bill # and Title Description -, Recommended TVC City Position Position/League Position Franchise date, that contains a force majeure provision that can be triggered 1 agreements: labor by a labor impasse. impasse. ENVIRONMENTINFRASTRUCTURE AND THE 24 AB 41 Would revise and recast the Digital Infrastructure and Video Support None/Support (Holden) Competition Act of 2006 to, among other things: (1) rename the act Telecommunications: as the Digital Equity in Video Franchising Act of 2023; (2) expand The Digital Equity in the definition of video service to include video programming Video Franchising Act provided as part of, and via, a service that enables users to access of 2023. content, information, email, or other services offered over the public internet; (3) provide that the act does not authorize the commission to regulate the rates of video services; (4) authorize the commission to exercise all authority,jurisdiction, and powers authorized to be exercised by a franchise authority pursuant to certain federal law; (5) require a franchise applicant to submit a description of the households that are known to be unserved in the video service area footprint that is proposed by the applicant; (6) revise the revenues excluded from the definition of"gross revenue" for purposes of calculating the franchise fee for a local jurisdiction; (7) establish a policy of the state that subscribers and potential subscribers of a state video franchise holder should benefit from equal access, as defined, to service within the service area, as specified; (8) expand the prohibition on certain cable operators or video service providers from discriminating against, or denying access to service to, any group of potential residential subscribers to include discrimination or denial of equal access because of any rationale, rather than only because of the income of the residents in the local area in which the group resides; (9) repeal the maximum amount of a fine that could be assessed for a violation of the equal access requirement; and (10) authorize the commission to enforce customer standards and conditions. 14Page Updated 4.10.23