CCR1981143RESOLUTION #143-81
URGING ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN LANGUAGE IN PROPOSED
SENATE BILL #898 (S-898)
(.Re : CATV)
WHEREAS, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the Federal Agency responsible for promulgating rules which
regulate telecommunications, and
WHEREAS, the FCC has delegated, or allowed, certain Cable TV
regulatory authority to local jurisdictions, and
WHEREAS, there are several amendment.s to Senate Bill 898
(S-898) which will eliminate some vital local Cable TV
regulatory authority, and
WHEREAS, the loss of said authority will in all probability
result in increased subscriber rates to citizens, and ’;
WHEREAS, the naturally monopolistic characteristics of Cable TV
will leave citizens no comparable alternatives,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council of the
City of Muskego, Wisconsin hereby opposes the inclusion of
language in the United States Senate Bill 898 (S898) which would : !
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1. Remove authority of local jurisdictions to regulate
Cable TV rates.
2. Allow Cable TV companies to be the sole regulators
of Cable TV rates rather than identifying a regu-
latory agency to assume the authority removed from
the local jurisdictions.
3. Allow the FCC to limit Cable TV franchise fees that
Cable TV companies are required by franchise to pay
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local jurisdictions.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby directed
U. S. Senators and Congressmen, to the Chairman and each member
to forward a copy of this resolution to each of Wisconsin’s
of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
and to the Chairman and each member of the House Committee on
Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.
ADOPTED THIS -$ DAY OF
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