§ 138-55. Franchise required; exception.

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A.
No person or MCS provider shall be permitted to construct, operate or maintain a multichannel system which requires the laying or positioning or use of cable (whether coaxial, fiber or a functional equivalent) in, along or across the streets or rights-of-way of the Town, without having first obtained an MCS franchise, other agreement, license or permit, unless such person or MCS provider is exempted under state law (including any applicable rule or regulation of the PSC), or not required to do so under the Cable Act.

B.
Consistent with the Cable Act, no franchise, other agreement, license or permit shall be required for either the Town, or any local or municipal authority affiliated with the Town, to own a multichannel system or operate as an MCS provider in the Town.

                    
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