S 0386 General Bill, By Fair

Similar(H 3525)
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 58-12-90 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO CABLE COMPANIES
 MAKING A CHANNEL AVAILABLE TO THE EDUCATION TELEVISION COMMISSION, TO PROVIDE
 THAT CABLE COMPANIES MUST ALSO OFFER A CABLE SERVICE TIER THAT ALLOWS
 SUBSCRIBERS TO CHOOSE CHANNELS ON AN INDIVIDUAL PER-CHANNEL BASIS.

   02/04/09  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-1
   02/04/09  Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-1
   02/06/09  Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Hutto, Campbell

TO AMEND SECTION 58-12-90 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO CABLE COMPANIES MAKING A CHANNEL AVAILABLE TO THE EDUCATION TELEVISION COMMISSION, 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 is 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 government 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.