"Video service provider" includes, but is not limited to, a cable system operator and a common carrier that operates a cable television system. "Video service provider" does not include:
The municipal officers of municipalities have the exclusive power to enact all ordinances authorized by this section. They shall give 7 days' notice of the meeting at which those ordinances are to be proposed in the manner provided for town meetings. Those ordinances take effect immediately.
[1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106(NEW); 1989, c. 6(AMD); 1989, c. 9, §2(AMD); 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10(AMD).]
A video service provider may not establish mandatory preconditions to be met by potential subscribers for the construction of a line extension on a municipal public right-of-way including, but not limited to, a requirement that a potential subscriber sign a contract for service in advance of the construction of the line extension. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits a video service provider from requiring payment of cost sharing from potential subscribers prior to construction of a line extension in accordance with a line extension policy required by this paragraph;
[2007, c. 548, §1(RP).]
This subsection does not allow the office to establish prices for any video service or to regulate the content of video services.
A municipality that has suffered an adverse impact due to the action of an entity not in compliance with the requirements of this section may bring an action against that entity to recover any unpaid franchise fees or to enjoin the operation of that entity.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an action brought under this section must be commenced within 7 years of the date that the cause of action arose.
30-A M.R.S. § 3008