Sec.16-331a-10. Assessment and collection procedures

(a) No later than June 1 of each year, the Department shall, by decision, adjust the required community access support amount per subscriber reflecting changes in the CPI and notify each MVPD within a franchise area and each community access provider of the adjusted amount for the next calendar year. The notification shall include the manner in which the adjusted amount was calculated.

(b) If an MVPD within a franchise area or the community access provider believes that the department's determination of the total amount due is incorrect, it shall, within 30 days from the date the Department issues the notification of the adjusted amount, inform the department in writing that it disagrees with the Departments calculation, indicating the reason or reasons it believes the calculation is incorrect. The department shall respond to the MVPD within a franchise area or the community access provider within 60 days of receipt of the written disagreement.

(c) If an MVPD within a franchise area is the community access provider, it shall include in its annual report filed pursuant to subsection (i) of section 16-331a of the Connecticut General Statutes information sufficient to establish that it has met its community access support obligations. If an MVPD within a franchise area is not the community access provider, it shall make quarterly payments to the community access provider no later than the first business day of each calendar quarter. At the same time, it shall notify the department of the amount of the payment made, showing all calculations.

(d) The department shall resolve any disputes regarding the quarterly payments.

(Effective September 26, 1996)