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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="1-708" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Limits on Competition; Franchises">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless otherwise defined by local law, in this section, “cable television system” means a nonbroadcast facility that consists of a set of transmission paths and associated signal generation, reception, and central equipment, under common ownership and control, that distributes or is designed to distribute to subscribers the signals of one or more television broadcast stations.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Cable television system” does not include a facility that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>serves 49 or fewer subscribers; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>serves only subscribers in one or more multiple dwelling units under common ownership, control, or management.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not authorize the governing body of a county to enact laws or regulations for a municipality.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The governing body of a county or municipality may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>grant a franchise for a cable television system that uses a public right–of–way;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>impose franchise fees;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>establish rates applicable to a franchise; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>adopt rules and regulations for the operation of a franchise.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
