(a) Unless the time for conducting the public hearing and entering a decision is extended by the issuance of a tolling order by the franchising authority, pursuant to Section 812.11, the franchising authority shall hold a public hearing on the existing rate schedule, which the regulated cable operator submitted to the franchising authority, and enter a decision on said schedule within thirty days of the date the Township Clerk received the schedule. If the time for conducting the public hearing is extended pursuant to Section 812.11, a public hearing shall be held and a decision rendered before the extended time period expires.
(b) The existing rates, identified in the submitted schedule of rates, shall go into effect thirty days from the date of the Township Clerk's receipt of the schedule, unless the franchising authority disapproves of the rate or extends the time period for conducting the review of existing rates, pursuant to Section 812.11.
(c) If the franchising authority fails to act on the submitted existing rates by the end of the respective tolling period, then the rates shall remain in effect. If the franchising authority subsequently disapproves of any portion of said rates, refunds may not be ordered, unless a brief written order is issued by the franchising authority before the end of the respective tolling period, directing the regulated cable operator to keep an accurate accounting of all its customers and the amounts paid by each as a result of said rates.
(Ord. 300. Passed 2-7-94.)