BILL REQ. #:  H-1632.1 

Read first time 02/16/11.   Referred to Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications.

     AN ACT Relating to services provided by television reception improvement districts; and amending RCW 36.95.010 and 36.95.140.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 36.95.010 and 1985 c 76 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     The purposes of a television reception improvement district, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as "district", shall be to serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity in the construction, maintenance, and operation of television ((and)), FM radio translator stations, and public safety emergency radio communications systems, including appropriate electric or electronic devices for increasing television program distribution, but said purposes are not meant to include the construction or operation of television cable systems, commonly known and referred to as cable TV systems or CATV.

Sec. 2   RCW 36.95.140 and 1985 c 76 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     A district may translate or retransmit only those signals which originate from commercial and educational FM radio stations, public safety emergency radio communications systems, and commercial and educational television stations which directly provide, within some portion of the state of Washington, a class A grade or class B grade contour, as such classes are defined under regulations of the Federal Communications Commission as of August 9, 1971.