TITLE III TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES
CHAPTER 53-C FRANCHISING AND REGULATION OF CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS BY CITIES AND TOWNS
Section 53-C:1
53-C:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Cable television system" means facilities by which television signals are received at a central location and for consideration are transmitted to customers or subscribers by means of cables or wires.
II. "Company" means any person, partnership, association, or corporation, including a municipality, owning or operating a cable television system, except for any nonprofit system serving fewer than 100 subscribers.
III. "Franchise" means an initial or renewed authorization issued by a franchising authority to construct or operate a cable system.
IV. "Franchising authority" means any governmental entity empowered by federal, state, or local law to grant a franchise.
V. "Master antenna television system" means a cable television system which serves only the residents of one or more apartment dwellings under common ownership, control or management, and any commercial establishment located on the premises of such apartment house and which transmits only signals broadcast over the air by stations which may be viewed normally or heard locally without objectionable interference, and which does not provide any additional service over its facilities.
VI. "Municipality" means a city or town.
VII. "Privately owned utility pole" means a utility pole which is owned by a person or entity other than a public utility or municipal corporation providing electric or telecommunications services.