(A) Duties. The duties of the Commission shall be:
(1) To administer the existing cable television franchise issued by the franchising authority and any future franchise enacted by the franchising authority;
(2) To establish by resolution within the franchise authority territories where the Commission has been empowered, all necessary regulations of cable television operators, including, but not limited to, rate regulations, rate setting procedures, procedures to ensure only properly established rates are being charged customers, consumer protection regulations and such other regulations as the Commission deems necessary to perform its duties;
(3) Within the limitations of this subchapter, to establish and impose such penalties for violation of the Commission’s regulations;
(4) To establish procedures for hearing and disposing of all complaints concerning cable television service within the franchising authority;
(5) Except for powers expressly reserved to the franchising authority in this subchapter, to perform within the geographic jurisdiction of the franchising authority all functions now or hereafter granted to local franchising authorities under the federal act and FCC regulations; and
(6) To perform such other duties delegated to the Commission by a member franchising authority.
(B) Delegation. Except as expressly reserved to the franchising authority in this subchapter, all powers of the franchising authority under state and federal law and under the franchising authority’s existing cable television franchise are hereby delegated to the Commission.
(C) Powers. To enable it to perform its duties but subject to the limitations in this subchapter, the Commission shall have the following powers:
(1) By resolution of the Commission, to adopt bylaws, rules of procedure and other regulations, including the determination of penalties within the jurisdictional limits of the franchising authority for violation of its rules and regulations;
(2) To contract and enforce its contracts and regulations in administrative and judicial forums of the state and federal governments;
(3) Negotiate and recommend to the franchising authority for enactment amendments to existing cable television franchises and new franchises;
(4) To sue and be sued in the name of the Commission;
(5) To employ staff by contracting with the Lane Council of Governments or with a local franchising authority that is a member of the Commission;
(6) To impose dues upon member franchising authorities to cover the cost of performing its responsibilities under this subchapter when the fees and charges collected from the cable operator are insufficient to meet the expenses of the Commission and its staff, and to deny participation of any member franchising authority’s representatives and to refuse to consider matters which only affect a franchising authority that is delinquent in payment of its dues until the delinquency is corrected;
(7) To designate the Lane Council of Governments or another member franchising authority to budget the Commission revenues and expenditures and, to the degree necessary, comply with state local government budget law; and
(8) To take any action necessary or convenient to perform its duties.
(Prior Code, § 31.17) (Ord. 352, passed 8-8-1994)