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Ordinance amending the Code of ordinances, City of Corpus Christi,
Chapter 2 and Chapter 55 regarding disbanding of the Cable
Communications Commission
Whereas, the City of Corpus Christi was previously authorized to issue municipal
franchises to cable companies with requirements as to rates, buildout of facilities and
customer service among other issues;
Whereas, the Corpus Christi Cable Communications Commission was established by
Ordinance Number 017123 on July 14, 1982;
Whereas, the Corpus Christi Cable Communication was previously charged with
regulation of the municipal cable franchises;
Whereas, due to changes in Federal and State laws, City authority to require franchise
and regulate rates has been eliminated; the Public Utilities Commission of Texas has
sole authority to issue certificates to allow cable companies to operate in a municipality;
Whereas, the Cable Communications Commission's main function under current
ordinance is to regulate public access channel rules and procedures;
Whereas, it has been difficult to locate citizens to serve on the Cable Communications
Commission, with vacancies occurring frequently;
Whereas, the Cable Communications Commission recommends that regulation of the
public access rules and procedures be handled administratively by City staff;
Whereas, the Cable Communications Commission has reviewed this ordinance at its
meeting on January 19, 2015, and recommends that the Cable Communications
Commission be disbanded;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That City Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article IV Miscellaneous
Boards, Commissions and Committees, Division 17, regarding Cable Communications
Commission, be repealed in its entirety, and Cable Communications Commission is
hereby disbanded.
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Sec. 2 180. Establishment.
Sec. 2 181. Membership and organization.
Sec. 2 182. Duties.
Sec. 2 183. Access user groups.
Secs. 2 184 2 203. Reserved.
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There is hereby created a Cable Communications Commission for the city. The Cable
council shall be eligible for membership on the commission. Each commission member is encouraged to
have access to local cable communications system programming.
(Ord. No. 029701, §3, 12 18 2012)
(a) All members of the Cable Communications Commission shall serve for three year terms or until their
(b) Immediately upon organization of the Cable Communications Commission, the commission shall
select from its membership a chairperson and vice chairperson whose terms shall be one (1) year.
Such chairperson and vice chairperson may be reappointed and re elected. The commission shall
meet in regular monthly meetings, to include four(1)evening meetings, at the call of the chairperson,
quorum, provided that the majority vote of such quorum shall be necessary for the adoption or
approval of any matters before the commission. All meetings of the Cable Communications
Commission shall be public except for matters which qualify for a closed session in accordance with
state law. The minutes of said Cable Communications Commission shall be available for
(Ord. No.029701, § 3, 12 18 2012)
Sec. 2 182. Duties.
(1) To encourage, develop and promote the use of access channels to cable communications and
to a-sure that access channels offer a diversity of programming and services to subscribers.
(2) To work with access user groups to develop rules and regulations.
(3) To develop sources of funding, including but not limited to private foundation or federal or state
amendments to the ordinance.
industry and determine with the franchisee what system enhancements should be pursued in
maximizing benefits to be derived for the community.
(6) To certify access user groups, and reporting such certification to the city secretary.
Acce"s Cablecasting established in the Master Cable Services Regulatory Ordinance approved
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(8) To resolve disputes concerning program content, allocation of access funding, channel space,
and channel time.
(9) To coordinate access activities of access users and user groups.
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Sec. 2-183. Access user groups.
(a) One (1) access user group may be established for governmental channel access or educational
channel access. Each public access channel, must establish an access user group. All user groups,
by application to the Cable Communications Commission and the city secretary, must be certified by
following duties and responsibilities:
(1) To follow guidelines, rules and regulations for the use of applicable access channels, subject to
Public Access Cablecasting as established in the Master Cable Services Regulatory Ordinance
(2) To coordinate allocation of channel time and channel space for programming produced by
Users.
(3) To coordinate training of individual access users in television production methods and
tesh-Riques.
(1) To report to the Cable Communications Commission on the utilization of acce-s channel space
and access channel programming.
(5) To promote public awarene-s, use, and viewership of acce-s television programming and
group's area of interest.
(6) To administer guidelines, rules and regulations for use of the appropriate access channels.
(7) To review program content to ensure compliance with established laws, rules and regulations.
(8) To establish its own bylaws concerning organization and decision making within the access
user group. A copy of such bylaws shall be submitted with the access user group's application
for certification. Changes to such bylaws shall be filed with the chairman of the Cable
Communications Commission and the city secretary within thirty (30) days after any change
ensu-s
(b) Membership on the access user groups may be composed of any individuals who are residents of
Corpus Christi as well as representatives of various community, public interest or neighborhood
groups which are located in Corpus Christi. Membership may also include, as appropriate,
learning; (iv) public independent school districts; or (v) religious organizations, all as more
particularly described in subsection (c). All meetings of access user groups shall be publicly posted
meetings of access user groups will be open to the public.
(c) The access user groups should include, but not be limited to, the following:
boundaries lie within the city limits.
(2) Higher educational access group. Membership may include representatives of all public
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(3) Other educational access group. Membership may include representatives of all public
('1) Reserved.
Christi as well as representatives of community, public interest, or neighborhood groups which
arc located in Corpus Christi. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
representatives of franchised cable operators may be members of the public access group.
(d) Access user groups are organized separately and independently from the city and are not boards,
commissions, committees or any other subdivision of the city.
(Ord:No.-024104, §.3, 12-48-2012)
Secs. 2-184-2-203. Reserved.
SECTION 2. That City Code of Ordinances, Article Chapter 55, Article XVIII Cable
Communications Services, Division 1, regarding Public Access Rules and Procedures
be amended, with deletions shown as struck-through text, and new text shown as
underlined text, as follows:
DIVISION 1. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS REGARDING PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNEL RULES
AND PROCEDURES
Sec. 55-443. Rules and procedures for public access cablecasting.
Sec. 55-444. Rules for participation.
Sec. 55-445. Technical standards and production requirements.
Sec. 55-446. How programs are scheduled and cablecast.
Sec. 55-447. Defined terms.
Sec. 55-448. Amendments to rules and procedures for public access cablecasting.
Sec. 55-449. Violation of rules.
Sec. 55-443. Rules and procedures for public access cablecasting.
Channel space on public access channels is available to any adult resident of the City of Corpus
Christi in accordance with the following rules and procedures, as adopted by the City Council of the City
of Corpus Christi. Submitted programs on accepted media, as defined in section 55-447, will be cablecast
by all state-franchised cable operators as provided by state law. Requests for live feeds may be made in
accordance with rules guidelines adopted by the Cable Communications Commision, with the consent of
the city director of public communications departmentthe City Director of Communications Department.
To assist with diversity of programming, the number of public access programs originating from
programming conducted by one organization is limited to six unless scheduling allows.
These rules may be amended by City Council following recommendation from the Cable
(Ord. No. 029704, §§ 1 and 2, 12-18-2012)
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Sec. 55-444. Rules for participation.
Producers must complete and sign an application for public access cablecasting. By signing the
application, the producer states and agrees that the following rules will be observed:
(a) All programs must be produced by a producer as defined in section 55-447.
(b) No program shall be of a commercial nature as defined in section 55-447.
(c) No program shall be transmitted that requests contributions unless the solicitation is on behalf
of an organization that has received tax exempt status under 501(c)(3)of the Internal Revenue
Code or non-profit status in the State of Texas. Maximum time to request contributions in a
program is five(5)minutes.
(d) No program shall be transmitted that contains copyrighted material for which proper written
clearance or authorization has not been obtained prior to being submitted for broadcast.
(e) No program shall be transmitted that portrays any criminal act as being acceptable or condoned
behavior.
(f) No program shall be transmitted which contains obscene or indecent material.
(g) All programs must include proper program identification as defined in section 55-447.
(h) All programs must be locally produced. In order to be classified as a locally produced program,
the program must contain at least twenty-five(25) per cent locally produced original content.
(i) Producer must maintain current home and mailing address with PAUG and notify PAUG of
change within ten (10)working days of move.
Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, neither the PAUG,nor-the cable operators, nor the
City will restrict the content of any program.
(Ord. No. 029704, §§ 1 and 2, 12-18-2012)
Sec. 55-445. Technical standards and production requirements.
(a) Conformance. Programs submitted for cablecast must conform to the technical standards and
production requirements established for cablecast by the FCC and City of Corpus Christi Public
Access Rules. The programs shall not be out of compliance with any applicable FCC Technical
Standards.
(b) Quality. Programs must deliver, in good quality, clear audio and video throughout the entire length of
the program.
(c) Format.
(1) Producers must transfer all programming to accepted media as defined by subsection 55-
447(a).
(2) As technology changes and formats become more common in the consumer markets, formats
may be changed to reflect current market use. The decision to add or delete formats will be
made by th- -- - -:--••.-'.- ':- -:••••' ':• City Director of Communication department.
(d) Labeling. All producers must clearly label their media as follows:
(1) On face of the accepted media:
a. Title of the program as it appears on the application.
b. Production date.
(2) On case or sleeve of accepted media:
a. Name of individual producer as it appears on the application.
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b. Producer's telephone number and/or e-mail address.
c. Length of program.
d. Title of the program as it appears on the producer's application.
(e) Identification.
(1) Programs must include the program identification as defined in section 55-447_
(f) Length.
(1) All one-hour programs must be sixty(60)minutes in length, including the program identification.
(2) All half-hour programs must be thirty(30)minutes in length, including the program identification.
(3) Occasional programming beyond sixty (60) minutes (such as high school sporting events) may
be included pursuant to rules established by the Cable Communications Commission City
Director of the Communication Department.
(4) Only one(1)program may be recorded on each media submitted.
(g) Deadline. Programs on accepted media must be delivered to and picked up from the Ceity public
Director of Ceommunications Ddepartment before 11:30 a.m. on the Wednesday prior to the
cablecast schedule that begins the following Sunday. Holidays may require deadline adjustments.
(h) Weekly log required. A weekly log of the schedule list that indicates delivery of media by the
producers will be provided to the Ceity public Director of Csommunications Ddepartment each week
when the media is delivered to the City public°Communications dDepartment.
(Ord. No. 029704, §§ 1 and 2, 12-18-2012; Ord. No. 030077, § 1, 2-11-2014)
Sec. 55-446. How programs are scheduled and cablecast.
I (a) The Ceity public Csommunications Ddepartment shall arrange for playback of public access
programming according to the schedule provided by the PAUG. A PAUG schedule change may be
requested on the first and third week of the month resulting in a maximum of two schedule changes
per month. In addition, one-hour programming cannot be scheduled to begin during 11:30 p.m.
through 12:30 a.m.
During - - • --- - --- - - - _•e -• • -• -• equipment upgrades or
planned outages,with notice to the PAUG presidents,the public City Csommunications Ddepartment
may exercise option to replay previous week of programming instead of new programming for that
week.
(b) The PAUG receives and schedules programming submitted by series and occasional producers. The
PAUG must provide schedules to °City public Csommunications dDepartment, and to the Cable
(c) Public access for series producers. The PAUG for each channel conducts a biannual public access
time slot lottery according to the rules and procedures, and uses those results to develop a public
access schedule for that channel. -_-___ _ _ __ __ __ _ •- -
(d) Time slots. Series programs are given a regular weekly or monthly time slot. Time slots are awarded
during the semi-annual time slot lottery.
(e) Each producer may have only one(1)series.
(f) Only programs created by producers, as defined in section 55-447, are eligible to participate in the
semi-annual lotteries and to be transmitted as a public access program.
(g) Application. No later than the time of the bi-annual time slot lottery each producer must submit a
completed public access cablecasting application form approved by the
GeamissienCity Director of the Communication Department to their respective PAUG Board of
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Directors. If either home or mailing address should change for any reason, producer shall update
within ten (10) working days of change in address, with the correct home and mailing address.
Failure to comply can be grounds for removal from the public access channels by the Cable
Communications Commiccion for the remainder of the lottery period or sixty (60) days, whichever is
longer.
(h) The PAUG Board of Directors will provide copies of applications to the CGity public Csommunications
Ddepartment no later than two (2)weeks after the time slot lottery is conducted.
(i) Access Channels (10 or 18) (Note: An individual producer must select one (1) channel for
cablecasting of both first-run and repeat showings. The same programs cannot be run on both
channels during the same lottery period.
(j) Lotteries and schedules. There are two (2) lottery periods. The spring lottery period begins the first
Sunday in June through the day preceding the first Sunday in December. The fall lottery period
begins the first Sunday in December through the day preceding the first Sunday in June.
(k) Producers or the producer's authorized representative will attend the time slot lottery as noted in
subsections (1) and (2) below. Two(2)cable communications commissioners who are not producers
for the PAUG conducting the lottery will attend each lottery. "Producer's authorized representative"
means the person that has been authorized in writing signed by the producer to represent the
producer at the lottery for purposes of drawing timeslots. Lotteries are open to the public and will be
conducted as follows:
(1) The spring lottery is conducted in the last fourteen (14) days of April with the new time slots
actually beginning on the first Sunday in June. The PAUG Board of Directors shall determine
the days and time and place of the lottery.
(2) The fall lottery is conducted in the last fourteen (14) days of October with the new time slots
actually beginning on the first Sunday in December. The PAUG Board of Directors shall
determine the day,and time and place of the lottery.
(3) The public access time schedule will be broken into thirty-minute intervals.
(4) Each producer (or the producer's authorized representative) will randomly draw a lottery
number.
(5) The lowest number will have the first choice of time slots and continuing until all numbers drawn
have picked their first time slot.
(6) (A) After all producers (or their authorized representative) have selected time slots for their first
run shows, producers of weekly programs requesting a repeat showing will then select
their time slots for one (1) repeat cablecast in same or reverse order as the initial time slots
were selected. If there are any available time slots after the repeat schedule is established,
then the PAUG Board of Directors shall select programming from a rotation list that is
based on the primary lottery results, starting with the lowest number, for a third time slot,
but only to the extent time slots are available. However, new programming submitted after
the lottery shall have precedence over third time slots.
(B) A program may be cablecast as an original and repeated once in the same lottery period in
the producer's allotted time slot, but not in consecutive weeks or months (back to back). A
program may be cablecast as an original and repeated once in subsequent lottery periods.
(7) Producers of monthly programs will have one(1) original cablecast to be repeated each week in
the same allotted time slot for the remainder of the month.
(8) One (1) spring and one (1)fall lottery will be executed for Channel 10 by the Channel 10 PAUG
and one(1) lottery executed for Channel 18 by the Channel 18 PAUG.
(9) A person may serve as an authorized representative for up to four(4)producers.
(I) Public access for occasional producers. Single time slots of lengths as noted above in section 55-
445, length, will be available for occasional producers on a first-come, first-served basis. Occasional
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producers must complete a public access cablecasting application prior to the desired cablecasting
date and comply with all rules set forth herein.
(m) First-come, first-served is determined upon receipt of completed application by member of PAUG
Board of Directors.
(n) No programs will be scheduled during holidays, unless automated programming allows as
determined by CGity Ddirector of public eCommunications Ddepartment or designee.
(Ord. No. 029704, §§ 1 and 2, 12-18-2012; Ord. No. 030077, § 1, 2-11-2014)
Sec. 55-447. Defined terms.
Accepted media. A recorded program on accepted media produced by a public access producer and
submitted for cablecasting on public access channels. The term "accepted media" refers to: (1) Audio
video CD MPEG-2 (with playback standard screen size 720 x 480 and 60 fields per second, audio level
3). (2) DVD + R MPEG-2 (with playback standard screen size 720 x 480 and 60 fields per second, audio
level 3).
the process for complaints regarding the Rules and Procedures for Public Access Cablecacting. The
Cable Communications Commission mediates any disputes brought to it by the PAUG.
Commercial programming.
(1) Any programming which is cablecast for remuneration of any kind, whether directly or indirectly,
or programming which includes, in whole or in part, content whether audio, video or text
intended, directly or indirectly to promote any commercial business, service or product is
prohibited; or
(2) Any programming which includes commercial advertising of any kind or that contains lottery or
sweepstakes information. •- _-e - _e•••• - .e• —e••". 'e- - .e e e -e _ ••-• _ --
public access program. The City Director of Communication Department may develop
guidelines concerning advertisement on public access programs.
Complaints. Communication to the --e - -*••••-•.-- 'e• —e••••• 'e• City Director of
Communication Department regarding violation of Rules and Procedures for Public Access Cablecasting.
Holidays. Official City holidays including Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
Locally produced programming. Programming created in the Corpus Christi region, or pertaining to
locally specific issues, or pertaining to local residents.
Producer. Any resident of Corpus Christi, eighteen (18) years of age or older, who has proof of
residency which must include a local street residence address, a local contact telephone number and
valid identification (such as a driver's license). A producer must pay any fees required by the PAUG and
must execute an approved application form. A producer, by way of definition, is an individual who meets
the above stated requirements and participates in or is responsible for the creation of a local,
noncommercial program for the public access channels. If the local, noncommercial program is created
by a local organization, such as a church, one (1) person who meets the above requirements must be
designated as the producer and will represent the organization with the PAUG. For identification
purposes, this person's name will appear on program identification, in video, and printed on labels.
Program identification. The tag at the beginning of the program must bear the producer name, and
title of program as it appears on the producer application and the production date. The tag must appear
for at least ten (10) seconds, in the video at the beginning of each program, or within the first thirty (30)
seconds. A tag at the end of the program is optional.
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Public access channel (sometimes herein "channel"). This is the cable television channel or
channels on which public access programs are cablecast.
Public access time allocated schedule. The block of time slots allocated to each public access
channel that are available and allocated by lottery during the semi-annual time slot renewal period. The
block of time will be determined by each PAUG by calculating the number of producers and programming
hours for all shows including repeats. The intent is to develop a block of time slots that provide for
consecutive programming, without gaps in the programming schedule.
Public Access User Group (PAUG). As set forth in the City Code of Ordinances, section 2 183,
Mmembership of the PAUG may be composed of any individual who is a resident of the city as well
as representatives of community, public interest, or neighborhood groups. e • -•_ •_ .• _ •-
provision, representatives of the cable operator may be members of the PAUG. PAUGs are
organized separately and independently from the city and are not boards, commissions, committees
or any other subdivision of the city. Each public access channel must establish a PAUG. All PAUGs,
by application to the Cable Communications Commission and the city secretary, must be certified by
the --e - _e••••.• _. e• _e•• 'e• City Director of Communication Department. Producers
organize themselves according to by-laws, electing among themselves officers and a board of
directors. Each producer present is entitled to vote on all matters pertaining to establishment of
PAUG by-laws and election of officers. All membership meetings of the Public Access User Group
shall be publicly posted on the public notices bulletin board of City Hall and filed with the City
Secretary at least 72 hours in advance of any meeting. Upon certification, a public access user group
shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) To follow guidelines, rules and regulations for the use of applicable access channels. Public
access producers must establish an access user group for each public access channel and
follow the Rules and Procedures for Public Access Cablecasting as established in the Master
Cable Services Regulatory Ordinance approved by city council in 2002, as amended.
(2) To coordinate allocation of channel time and channel space for programming produced by
users.
(3) To coordinate training of individual access users in television production methods and
techniques.
(4) To report rnonfty_ to the City Ddirector of Ceommunications Department on the utilization of
access channel space and access channel programming.
(5) To promote public awareness, use, and viewership of access television programming and
actively seek additional membership from among individuals or groups in the access user
group's area of interest.
(6) To administer guidelines, rules and regulations for use of the appropriate access channels.
(7) To review program content to ensure compliance with established laws, rules and regulations.
(8) To establish its own bylaws concerning organization and decision making within the access
user group. A copy of such bylaws shall be submitted with the access user group's application
for certification. Changes to such bylaws shall be filed with the director of the City Director of
Ccommunications Ddepartment within thirty(30)days after-any change occurs.
Repeat program. A program which was previously aired on any public access channel during the
same lottery period.
Series. A locally produced public access show from a single producer. A series can be either weekly
or monthly.
(Ord. No. 029704, §§ 1 and 2, 12-18-2012; Ord. No. 030077, § 1, 2-11-2014)
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Sec. 55-448. Amendments to rules and procedures for public access cablecasting.
These rules may be amended by city council at any time following recommendation from the Cable
Communications Commission from the City Director of Communication Department.
(Ord. No. 029704, §§ 1 and 2, 12-18-2012)
Sec. 55-449. Violation of rules.
(a) [Generally.]Producers must follow all Rules and Procedures for Public Access Cablecasting.
(1) If a producer and series has been removed for violations that producer and series may not air
as an occasional user during the removal period.
(2) A producer may appeal decisions of the City Director of Communication Department Cable
Communications Commission to the city council Assistant City Manager by submitting a sworn
written notice of appeal to the Ceity sSecretary within thirty (30) days of the rendition of the
commission decision. The decision of the Assistant City Manager shall be final.
(b) Violations of section 55-444
(1) No program will be permitted to air over the public access channels if a producer or program
has violated one(1)or more of the rules identified in section 55-444
(2) It shall be the responsibility of the PAUG Board of Directors to periodically monitor the programs
that are aired on public access television and to report any and all section 55-444 violations that
are observed, to the Cable Communications Commission City Director of Communication
Department, using the appropriate form and procedures set forth herein.
(3) Complaints about violations of section 55-444 rules must be submitted to the Cable
Communications Commission. Complaints must be submitted to the commission in writing to
the Csity Ssecretary's office or through an online form at www.cctexas.com/ccc/complaint. The
complaint will be forwarded to the City Director of Communication Department for resolution.
(4) Producers will receive written notice of the complaint, dates of the next two (2) commission
meetings, and a statement that failure to attend, send a representative, or provide a written
statement of explanation within fourteen calendar days will result in forfeiture of their time slots
and the use of the public access channels for sixty(60)days.
(5) The City Director of Communication Department will review the complaint and the response and
determine whether a violation has occurred. The producer will receive written response of the
determination.
(5-) Producers will be informed in writing that three (3) section 55-444 violations within a six-month
period will result in forfeiture of their time slots and the use of the public access channels for
sixty(60) days.
(6) If a section 55-444 violation is evident, that program media will be removed from airing and from
repeat showing, and the media will be turned over to the C +ble Communications Commis-ion
City Director of Communication Department by the PAUG Board of Directors for review and
discussion with the producer at one (1) of the next two (2) scheduled commission meetings.
Producers must take corrective action on any programs with rule violations before they can be
submitted as a second original or repeat.
(c) Forfeit of use of public access channels.
(1) At the lottery, PAUGs will establish a designated location for producers to deliver weekly and
monthly media.
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(A) Media for the first program in a lottery period must be delivered to the designated location
before 10:00 a.m. on the Wednesday before the first Sunday in the new lottery period.
(B) Following the first media delivery of the lottery period, cut-off time for delivery of media for
weekly programs is 10:00 a.m. on Wednesdays each week.
(C) Cut-off time for delivery of media for monthly programs is 10:00 a.m. on the Wednesday
before the first Sunday of each month.
(2) PAUGs will maintain a schedule list that indicates delivery of media by producers. A monthly log
of this schedule will be submitted to the _.: - -e••••- -- .e• —*••••• .e• City Director of
Communication Department within the first seven (7) days of each month. Included with the list
statement of explanation for their appeal to be reviewed. The Cable Communications
meeting and decide whether or not to remove producers who failed to submit media as
d.
(3) If a series producer fails to supply media on time for a weekly or monthly program, that program
will not be aired that week or month. No late media will be accepted. Individual producers shall
not deliver media to the eCity Ddirector of publie Ceommunications dDepartment.
(4) If a weekly series producer fails to supply media by the established time for four(4)consecutive
weeks, that producer and series will forfeit his/her time slots and the use of the public access
channels for sixty(60) days or until the end of lottery period whichever is longer. If a monthly
series producer fails to supply media on time for two(2)consecutive months, that producer and
series will forfeit his/her time slots and the use of the public access channels for six(6) months.
Turning in blank media that will not play correctly is the same as not turning in media.
(d) Violations of section 55-446 Complaints for violations of section 55-446 may be submitted to the
Cable Communications CommissionCity Director of Communication Department. The
commissiondirector will notify the appropriate PAUG of any complaints and schedule a discussion
with the PAUG president and the complaining party at the next scheduled commission meeting. The
determination of the City Director of Communication Department shall be subject to review by the
Assistant City Manager. The determination of the Assistant City Manager shall be final.
(Ord. No. 029704, §§ 1 and 2, 12-18-2012)
SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect any other section,
paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the
definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, word or provision of this ordinance be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 4. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus
Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
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That the foregoing or in �te was rea for the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the I� day of � r�. , LOIS, by the following vote:
Nelda Martinez i .P Brian Rosas ____Iig—
Rudy Garza
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Lucy Rubio ____th.)L___
Chad Magill LA..(a,Q Mark Scott _Ch.j.0._
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Colleen McIntyre I. Carolyn Vaughn Q,
Lillian Riojas
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That the foroing ordinnce was read for the second time and passed finally on this
the r \ day of Vl Q , l5 , by the following vote:
Nelda Martinez Q. Brian Rosas ilAt
Rudy Garza itr_, Lucy Rubio ___03.41-_
Chad Magill l;l, A , Mark Scott —(14i,
Colleen McIntyre ,..°A / Carolyn Vaughn l
Lillian Riojas iI.� L
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the I o j day of oLpv.& , /,06
ATTEST: L....\,... ......_
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Rebecca Huerta Nelda Martinez
City Secretary Mayor
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Before me,the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came GEORGIA LAWSON, who
being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is LEGAL SALES REPRESENATIVE AND
EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLISHER, namely,the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper
published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval,
Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio, Counties, and that the
publication of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE(S)NO which the annexed is a true copy,
was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times on:
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LEGAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE
On this 3 °day of 6401(t I , 20 19 I certify that the attached document is a true
and exact copy made by publisher.
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Notary Public, State of Texas
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Mai MICHELLE JOYCE CABRERA
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March 19,2016
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W amending the Code of ordi-
nances, City of Corpus.
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ter 55 regarding disbanding
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