Section 123.22. Discrimination prohibited.

 

(1)  No video service provider that offers a video service under a state franchise may fail to provide video service access to any group of potential residential customers in the franchise area because of the race or income of residents in any local area in which all of the potential residential customers comprising the group are located.

(2)  In an action alleging discrimination based on income under sub. (1) , it is a defense for the video service provider to prove any of the following:

(a) The video service provider has provided the video service under the state franchise for less than 3 years, or for less than an extended time period specified by the department under s. ATCP 123.26 .

(b) At least 30 percent of the households with access to the video service in the franchise area are low-income households.

History: CR 08-067 : cr. Register July 2009 No. 643 , eff. 8-1-09.