Utah § 10-18-101 Title -- Policy statement.

Utah Statutes

§ 10-18-101 — Title -- Policy statement.

Utah § 10-18-101

Title 10Utah Municipal Code

Ch. 10-18Municipal Cable Television and Communications Services Act

Part 10-18-1General Provisions

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The Legislature finds that it is the policy of this state to:

(1)ensure that broadband services, cable television services, and public telecommunications services are provided through fair competition consistent with the federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended, in order to provide the widest possible diversity of information and news sources to the general public;

(2)advance the exercise of rights under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States;

(3)enhance the development and widespread use of technological advances in providing broadband services, cable television services, and public telecommunications services;

(4)encourage improved customer service of broadband services, cable television services, and public telecommunications services at competitive rates

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The Legislature finds that it is the policy of this state to:
(1) ensure that broadband services, cable television services, and public telecommunications services are provided through fair competition consistent with the federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended, in order to provide the widest possible diversity of information and news sources to the general public;
(2) advance the exercise of rights under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States;
(3) enhance the development and widespread use of technological advances in providing broadband services, cable television services, and public telecommunications services;
(4) encourage improved customer service of broadband services, cable television services, and public telecommunications services at competitive rates;
(5) ensure that broadband services, cable television services, and public telecommunications services are each provided within a consistent, comprehensive, and nondiscriminatory federal, state, and local government framework; and
(6) ensure that when a municipality provides to the municipality's inhabitants broadband services, cable television services, public telecommunications services, or any combination of those services, and competes with private providers whose activities are regulated by the municipality, the municipality does not discriminate against the competing providers of the same services.