§ 16-331r — Discrimination based on income prohibited.

A company holding a cable franchise authority certificate shall not deny access to service to any group of potential residential subscribers based solely upon the income of the residents in the local area in which such group resides. An affected person may seek enforcement of this requirement by filing a complaint with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. A municipality within which the potential residential community antenna television service or video service subscriber resides may be considered an affected person for purposes of this section.

Legislative History

(P.A. 07-253, S. 15; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.) History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.