§ 76.1700   Records to be maintained by cable system operators.

   (a) Recordkeeping requirements. The operator of every cable television
   system  having  fewer than 1,000 subscribers is exempt from the public
   inspection requirements contained in § 76.1701 (political file); § 76.1715
   (sponsorship identification); § 76.1702 (EEO records available for public
   inspection); § 76.1703 (commercial records for children's programming);
   § 76.1704 (proof-of-performance test data); and § 76.1706 (signal leakage logs
   and repair records). The operator of every cable television system having
   1000  or  more subscribers but fewer than 5000 subscribers shall, upon
   request,  provide  the  information  required by § 76.1715 (sponsorship
   identification); § 76.1702 (EEO records available for public inspection);
   § 76.1703  (commercial  records  for  children's programming); § 76.1704
   (proof-of-performance test data); and § 76.1706 (signal leakage logs and
   repair records) but shall maintain for public inspection a file containing a
   copy of all records required to be kept by § 76.1701 (political file). The
   operator of every cable television system having 5000 or more subscribers
   shall maintain for public inspection a file containing a copy of all records
   which  are  required to be kept by § 76.1701 (political file); § 76.1715
   (sponsorship identification); § 76.1702 (EEO records available for public
   inspection); § 76.1703 (commercial records for children's programming);
   § 76.1704 (proof-of-performance test data); and § 76.1706 (signal leakage logs
   and repair records).

   (1)-(2) [Reserved]

   (b) Location of records. The public inspection file shall be maintained at
   the office which the system operator maintains for the ordinary collection
   of  subscriber charges, resolution of subscriber complaints, and other
   business or at any accessible place in the community served by the system
   unit(s) (such as a public registry for documents or an attorney's office).
   The public inspection file shall be available for public inspection at any
   time during regular business hours.

   (c)  All  or part of the public inspection file may be maintained in a
   computer database, as long as a computer terminal is made available, at the
   location of the file, to members of the public who wish to review the file.

   (d) The records specified in paragraph (a) of this section shall be retained
   for the period specified in § § 76.1701, 76.1702, 76.1704(a), and 76.1706,
   respectively.

   (e) Reproduction of records. Copies of any material in the public inspection
   file  shall be available for machine reproduction upon request made in
   person, provided the requesting party shall pay the reasonable cost of
   reproduction. Requests for machine copies shall be fulfilled at a location
   specified by the system operator, within a reasonable period of time, which
   in no event shall be longer than seven days. The system operator is not
   required to honor requests made by mail but may do so if it chooses.

   [ 65 FR 53621 , Sept. 5, 2000, as amended at  66 FR 67117 , Dec. 28, 2001;  67 FR 1650 , Jan. 14, 2002]

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