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..✓ r.r <br /> ORDINANCE NO. . .. . . . <br /> BEFORE THE BATESVILLE CITY COUNCIL <br /> AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO FILE F.C.C. FORM 328 <br /> "CERTIFICATION OF FRANCHISING AUTHORITY TO REGULATE BASIC <br /> CABLE SERVICE RATES AND INITIAL FINDING OF LACK OF EFFECTIVE <br /> COMPETITION" WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ON <br /> SEPTEMBER 28 , 1993 ; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND FOR OTHER <br /> PURPOSES . <br /> WHEREAS , the City of Batesville has entered into a franchise <br /> agreement with the Batesville Cable TV cable company to provide <br /> cable television service to the people of the City of Batesville, <br /> and; <br /> WHEREAS , the Congress of the United States passed the "Cable <br /> Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992" and <br /> this bill passed the House and the Senate ; was vetoed by then <br /> President George Bush, and the President ' s veto was overridden in <br /> both the House and Senate by more than a two-thirds vote and <br /> became law despite the President ' s veto , and; <br /> WHEREAS , this law is under the Federal Communications <br /> Commission and the F.C.C. has adopted rules and regulations <br /> regulating local cable television companies but has delegated to <br /> local franchising authorities ( the City of Batesville) to <br /> regulate the basic tier of rates for Cable Television Services , <br /> and; <br /> WHEREAS , the F.C.C. has frozen local cable television rates <br /> until November 15 , 1993 , and; <br /> WHEREAS , our city may seek certification to regulate the <br /> basic tier of rates beginning on September 1 , 1993 , and; <br /> WHEREAS , certification is effective 30 days after the date <br /> the F.C.C. receives a form 328 mailed by the city by registered <br /> mail with return receipt requested, and; <br /> WHEREAS , if the local cable television company rates are 10% <br /> or more above the F.C.C. ' s benchmark the rates can be rolled back <br /> 10% with refund of all excessive rates back to September 30 , <br /> 1992 or a maximum of one year . <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE <br /> CITY OF BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS : <br /> SECTION I . That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed <br /> to file two completed F.C.C. Forms 328 by registered mail (not <br />