Bill > S2771

This bill establishes a comprehensive statewide policy concerning the regulation and compensation for the use of digital infrastructure in public rights-of-way by streaming entertainment services. It defines key terms, such as "streaming entertainment services" and "streaming entertainment operator," and grants the Commonwealth the authority to regulate the commercial sale of these services and collect assessments from providers. The bill creates a PEG (public, educational, and governmental) Access Facilities Revenue Advisory Board to make recommendations for a streaming entertainment service assessment rate, and it requires streaming entertainment operators to pay an assessment on their gross annual revenues derived from providing services in the Commonwealth. The bill also establishes a Streaming Entertainment Fund to manage the collected assessments and distribute them to support local public, educational, and governmental access media centers.