Section 1063. Cablecasting and broadcasting the public proceedings of city government  


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  • a. All future cable franchises and franchise renewals  shall  require  (i)  that  channels be designated for governmental use and (ii)
      that the franchisee provide the interconnections necessary to allow  the
      cablecasting of the public proceedings of the council and its committees
      and the city planning commission.
        b.  The  council  and  its committees and the city planning commission
      shall make their public meetings and hearings available for cablecasting
      and broadcasting. The council, on the recommendation of  the  commission
      on  public  information and communication, may by local law require that
      other agencies of city government be subject to the requirements of this
      subdivision.
        c.  On  or  before  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  nineteen   hundred
      ninety-one, the commission on public information and communication shall
      submit to the council a proposal for cablecasting the public proceedings
      of the council and its committees and the city planning commission. Such
      proposal  shall  include  the commission's recommendations regarding (i)
      the organization or organizations to be responsible for  obtaining  such
      cablecasting  and  (ii)  funding  the start-up and ongoing costs of such
      cablecasting.