General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 166A Community Antenna Television Systems
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 166A, Section 1
The following terms as used in this chapter shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Community antenna television system” or “CATV system”,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Division of community antenna television - Chapter 166A, Section 2
There shall be within the department of telecommunications and cable a division of community antenna television. Subject to section 4 of chapter 25C, the commissioner...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner; powers and duties; employees - Chapter 166A, Section 2A
The commissioner shall preside at all hearings except as hereinafter provided. The consumer’s council shall have the authority to represent the people of the commonwealth...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Licenses for construction or operation of systems, necessity, non-exclusiveness, contents - Chapter 166A, Section 3
No person shall construct, commence construction, or operate a CATV system in any city or town by means of wires and cables of its own...
- Massachusetts General Laws - License applications, necessity, form, contents, signatures, disclosure of ownership; additional service areas, addition to license - Chapter 166A, Section 4
No such license or renewal thereof shall be issued except upon written application to the appropriate issuing authority on an application form prescribed by the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Conditions imposed on licensee - Chapter 166A, Section 5
In the event a license is issued, each licensee shall agree to the following: (a) In installing, operating, and maintaining equipment, cable and wires, it...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Hearing, notice; multiple applicants, choice, grounds, statement of reasons - Chapter 166A, Section 6
No license issued under section three shall be granted until the issuing authority has held a public hearing thereon, first causing notice of the time...
- Massachusetts General Laws - License transfers or assignments; approval - Chapter 166A, Section 7
No license or control thereof shall be transferred or assigned without the prior written consent of the issuing authority, which consent shall not be arbitrarily...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Installation and maintenance of system, standards; financial and ownership statements, requirements, public inspection - Chapter 166A, Section 8
Each licensee shall install its CATV system and maintain the quality of the signals transmitted over its system to its subscribers in accordance with standards...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Application fees; initial licenses, renewals, transfers or assignments; annual license fees - Chapter 166A, Section 9
No application for a license to operate a CATV system or for renewal, transfer or assignment of such a license shall be considered by an...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Complaints as to operation of system, procedure; licensees’ reports as to complaints received and disposition - Chapter 166A, Section 10
Complaints by any person as to the operation of any CATV system may be filed in writing with the department or with the issuing authority,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Revocation of license; grounds - Chapter 166A, Section 11
Any license issued hereunder may after hearing be revoked by the issuing authority or the department for any of the following reasons:— (a) for false...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Mandamus, injunctive, or other judicial proceedings; institution or intervention by department - Chapter 166A, Section 12
The department shall have the right to institute, or to intervene as a party in, any action in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking mandamus,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Renewal of licenses; forms; requisite information - Chapter 166A, Section 13
Any license issued hereunder may be renewed after hearing by the issuing authority for additional periods each not to exceed ten years. An application for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Appeals by aggrieved applicants - Chapter 166A, Section 14
Any applicant for a license or renewal of a license who is aggrieved by a denial of its application by the issuing authority or by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rate regulation - Chapter 166A, Section 15
For a period of three years from the effective date of this chapter, the department shall study the necessity and desirability of rate regulation, and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Issuance of standards and regulations; mediation between cities and towns; representation before F.C.C.; certification of performance; distribution of obscene material - Chapter 166A, Section 16
The department may after hearing issue such standards and regulations as it deems appropriate to carry out the purpose of this chapter for which purpose...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Visitation, examination, subpoena, and oath administering powers of department - Chapter 166A, Section 17
The department or its employees may visit the places of business and other premises and examine the records and facilities of all CATV companies to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations, penalties - Chapter 166A, Section 18
Any person or the officer, agent, or employee of any organization who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation, or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Hearings, applicability of administrative procedure act; public hearings - Chapter 166A, Section 19
The hearing provided for in sections eleven, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen shall be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty A. No other hearing provided...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Systems constructed, purchased, and operated by cities and towns, applicability of chapter - Chapter 166A, Section 20
Any city or town may construct, purchase and operate a CATV system, but such operation shall be subject to this chapter as if the system...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1983, 98, Sec. 3 - Chapter 166A, Section 21
Repealed, 1983, 98, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Interference with rights of building occupants served by system; installation; consent of property owners; multiple dwelling units, manufactured housing communities - Chapter 166A, Section 22
No operator shall enter into any agreement with persons owning, leasing, controlling or managing buildings served by a CATV system, or perform any act, that...
Last modified: September 11, 2015