It is hereby declared that the unified process for the administration of franchises
issued pursuant to the provisions of this article is necessary for protection and
promotion of the convenience and welfare of all of the citizens of the Sacramento
Community, and that fragmentation in administration or right to administer such franchises
resulting from the future incorporation of cities within the unincorporated area of
the county would be detrimental to the convenience and welfare and the purposes of
this article.
Therefore, the incorporation of any city within the unincorporated area of the county
during the initial term of any franchise issued pursuant to the provisions of this
article shall not operate to either divest the franchisee of its authority to install
or provide services through its cable television system within the newly incorporated
area or vest the newly created city with any administrative or other authority respecting
operations by the franchisee under the franchise except to the extent that the city
becomes a member of the commission. Until the newly incorporated area becomes a member
of the commission during the initial term of the franchise, the county and cable television
commission shall continue to administer the provisions of this article for the benefit
of the inhabitants of a newly incorporated area in the same manner as if the area
had not been incorporated.
Upon expiration of the initial term of a franchise, the provisions of this article
shall cease to be applicable to that portion of the cable television system and the
operations by the franchisee thereof within the municipal limits of any city which
is incorporated subsequent to the commencement of the initial term and which does
not become a member of the commission. The Sacramento Community shall not be deemed
to include any area within the limits of a city incorporated after the date this article
becomes effective and prior to the filing of the certificate of acceptance of any
franchise unless said city becomes a member of the commission.
