§ 502 -   Jurisdiction

§ 502. Jurisdiction

(a) A company subject to supervision under this chapter shall have the privileges provided in and be subject to the provisions of chapters 1 through 7 of this title.

(b) The board shall be the franchising authority in the state empowered to grant, renew and revoke certificates of public good for all cable television systems and shall have all other authority to regulate cable television systems.

(c) In any ratemaking and certification, it shall be the continuing policy of the state of Vermont that the capital investment on which rates shall be based will be the historic original cost of the assets of the company less accumulated depreciation of those assets. (Added 1969, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 10, 1970; amended 1979, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. Feb. 1, 1981; 1987, No. 271 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. June 21, 1988.)