Sec.16-331a-13. Annual report requirements for entities providing community access operations

(a) The annual report required to be filed with the department pursuant to section 16-331a(i) of the Connecticut General Statutes by each company or nonprofit organization providing community access operations shall conform to a standard format provided by the department to all community access providers no later than December first preceding the February fifteenth statutory filing deadline.

(b) The standard format provided by the department shall contain questions pertaining to the official name and address of the community access studio, contact phone numbers, description of facilities, equipment, personnel, hours of operation, number of access channels and channel designation, cablecast logs, programming, operating rules, annual budgets, accounting, number of access users, training, funding, donations, promotions and outreach efforts, and any further information deemed necessary by the Department. This form shall be revised and updated as required.

(c) Any community access provider designated as a not-for-profit corporation shall file with the department a copy of its Form 990 or 990-EZ (Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax) within 30 days of its filing of said form with the Internal Revenue Service.

(Adopted effective September 7, 1999)