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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-3 Duties and responsibilities.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-3" heading="Duties and responsibilities.">
    <text>The duty and responsibility of the Commission is to advise, assist, investigate, report on, review, and recommend to the Board of Estimates in connection with the following matters:</text>
    <para num="(1)">the cable television franchisee’s adherence to the franchise agreement;</para>
    <para num="(2)">the progress of the construction schedule for the cable television system;</para>
    <para num="(3)">subscriber rates and rates for leased access;</para>
    <para num="(4)">complaints raised by the public and the franchisee arising out of the service access, construction, and maintenance;</para>
    <para num="(5)">the franchisee’s compliance with the minority participation guidelines;</para>
    <para num="(6)">recommendations for the improvement or expansion of the cable television system as may be reasonably undertaken without imposing an undue burden on the public or the system operator;</para>
    <para num="(7)">the renewal of the franchise;</para>
    <para num="(8)">matters which might constitute grounds for revocation of the franchise;</para>
    <para num="(9)">other matters related to cable television as may be directed by the Board or deemed appropriate by the Commission; and</para>
    <para num="(10)">new technology in the cable communications field.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §231(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 90-614</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-672</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
