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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2201 (2026)

Legislative declaration; regulatory powers

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The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the furnishing of community antenna television service is a business affected with such a public interest that it must be regulated locally. All municipalities in Nebraska are hereby authorized and empowered, by ordinance, to regulate, prohibit, and consent to the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance within their corporate limits of all persons or entities furnishing community antenna television service. All municipalities, acting through the mayor and city council or village board of trustees, shall have power to require every individual or entity offering such service, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, to furnish any person applying therefor along the lines of its wires, cables, or other conduits, with television and radio service. The mayor and city council or village board of trustees shall have power to prescribe reasonable quality standards for such service and shall regulate rate increases so as to provide reasonable and compensatory rents or rates for such service including installation charges. In the regulation of rate increases the procedure provided in section 18-2206 shall be used in any franchise granted or renewed after May 23, 1979. Such person or entity furnishing community antenna television service shall be required to carry all broadcast signals as prescribed by franchise and permitted to be carried by Federal Communications Commission regulations during the full period of the broadcast day of its stations.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1982–1998 · leading case: Hall v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 327 N.W.2d 595 (Neb. 1982).
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Hall v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 327 N.W.2d 595 (Neb. 1982). · cites it 6× “Hall’s claim of standing as an elector is based upon his claim that Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 18-2201 et seq. (Reissue 1977), and in particular § 18-2202, are invalid in that cable television is not a matter of statewide concern, and both the Omaha city charter, providing that a…”
Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc. v. Nebraska Dep't of Revenue, 578 N.W.2d 423 (Neb. 1998). · cites it 4× “§§ 23-383 to 23-388 (Reissue 1997) govern the regulation of cable television service by counties, while Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 18-2201 to 18-2205 (Reissue 1997) govern the regulation of such services by cities and villages.”
Bard v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 416 N.W.2d 4 (Neb. 1987). · cites it 6× “The petition concludes that the Cox Cable rates are excessive and unreasonable in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2201 (Reissue 1983), the due process clause of the 14th amendment to the U.”
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