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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 521. Purposes
The purposes of this subchapter are to -
(1) establish a national policy concerning cable
communications;
(2) establish franchise procedures and standards which
encourage the growth and development of cable systems and which
assure that cable systems are responsive to the needs and
interests of the local community;
(3) establish guidelines for the exercise of Federal, State,
and local authority with respect to the regulation of cable
systems;
(4) assure that cable communications provide and are encouraged
to provide the widest possible diversity of information sources
and services to the public;
(5) establish an orderly process for franchise renewal which
protects cable operators against unfair denials of renewal where
the operator's past performance and proposal for future
performance meet the standards established by this subchapter;
and
(6) promote competition in cable communications and minimize
unnecessary regulation that would impose an undue economic burden
on cable systems.
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