Section 229. Censorship prohibited  


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  • 1.  The commission may not prohibit or
      limit any program or any class or type of program  or  otherwise  censor
      the  communications  or  signals  transmitted  by  any  cable television
      company or over any cable television system, and may not promulgate  any
      regulation  or  condition  which  would interfere with the right of free
      speech by means of cable television.
        2. No municipality may prohibit or limit any program or class or  type
      of  program  or  impose discriminatory or preferential franchise fees in
      any manner that would tend to encourage or discourage programming of any
      particular nature, directly or indirectly.
        3. No cable television company may prohibit or limit  any  program  or
      class  or type of program presented over a leased channel or any channel
      made available for public access or educational purposes.