92-13. Public, Educational and Government Access.

  1. No charges. The grantee shall provide 1 access channel for the transmission of access broadcast programs by residents of Henderson County and recognized community organizations. The grantee shall make no charges for noncommercial access channel time, excluding leased access channels, and shall exercise no editorial control. The grantee shall upon request provide and furnish without charge to all public educational institution and governmental buildings within the area served by the system of the grantee's existing distribution cable, 1 service connection. The institution shall be entitled to receive, free of charge, the grantee's basic cable television service.
  2. Equipment. The grantee shall provide the equipment for the transmission of the community access channel, and said equipment shall remain as the property of the grantee. All costs associated with normal repairs and maintenance of the equipment shall be the responsibility of the grantee. Equipment supplied to the County by the grantee for the purpose of video recording or production shall be owned by the County, and any maintenance or repair costs shall be the responsibility of the County.
  3. Control. The grantee shall at all times have available parental control devices for the purpose of controlling premium television programming on individual subscriber television sets. The grantee shall have the right to charge reasonable fees for the use of such devices.