Opn. No.

HON. ROBERT F. KELLY Chairman New York State Commission on Cable Television

I acknowledge receipt of your opinion request submitted by Acting Counsel Thomas E. Ryan, stating that in a town in which a cable television franchise has been granted, a portion of the town thereafter was incorporated as a village; the area so incorporated is part of the town area served by the cable television service under the franchise; the franchise provides for the payment of a fee to the town by the holder of the franchise in an amount equal to 2% of the annual revenues from subscribers to the service. My…