(A) PEG channels; number; carriage. On the date set forth in this chapter, but not earlier than 90 days after the holder sends notice to the village under 220 ILCS 5/21-801(a), the holder shall designate the same amount of capacity on its network to provide for public, education and government access use, as the incumbent cable operator is required to designate under its franchise terms in effect on 1-1-2007; and retransmit to its subscribers the same number of public, education, and government access channels as the incumbent cable operator was retransmitting to subscribers on 1-1-2007.
(B) PEG fee imposed. A PEG access support fee is hereby imposed on any holder providing cable service or video service in the village in addition to the fee imposed pursuant to § 17-5-1(b).
(C) Amount of fee. The amount of the PEG access support fee imposed hereby shall be $0.35 per customer per month.
(D) Payment. The holder shall pay the PEG access support fee to the village or to the entity designated by the village to manage PEG access. The holder’s liability for the PEG access support fee shall commence on the date set forth in § 17-5-1(D).
(E) Payment due. The payment of the PEG access support fee shall be due on a quarterly basis, 45 days after the close of the calendar quarter. If mailed, the fee is considered paid on the date it is postmarked. Each payment shall include a statement explaining the basis for the calculation of the fee.
(F) Credit for other payments. An incumbent cable operator that elects to terminate an existing agreement pursuant to 220 ILCS 5/21-301(c), shall pay, at the time they would have been due, all monetary payments for PEG access that would have been due during the remaining term of the agreement had it not been terminated pursuant to that section. All payments made by an incumbent cable operator pursuant to the previous sentence may be credited against the fees that that operator owes under division (C) of this section.
(Ord. 2007-10-39, passed 10-15-2007; Am. Ord. 2017-03-10, passed 3-20-2017)