CHAPTER 10. Public Broadcasting Act of 1975

Chapter 10 added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.

§§ 8800–8846 · 46 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions and Definitions §§ 8800–8809.5 · 13 sections

   • § 8800 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Broadcasting Act of 1975.
   • § 8801 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) It is the policy of this state to support and encourage the provision of a high-quality educational,…
   • § 8802 The definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter unless the context requires otherwise.
   • § 8803 “Commission” means the California Public Broadcasting Commission.
   • § 8804 “Corporation for Public Broadcasting” means the corporation established pursuant to Section 396 of Title 47 of the United States Code.
   • § 8804.5 “Instructional programming” means public broadcast programming which is curriculum related, whether for credit or not.
   • § 8805 “Interconnection” means the use of apparatus or equipment for the electronic transmission and distribution of public broadcast programming to public…
   • § 8806 “Public broadcast programming” means programming intended for presentation on public broadcast stations, including, but not limited to, public affairs,…
   • § 8807 “Public broadcasting station” means a noncommercial educational broadcasting station licensed as such by the Federal Communications Commission and eligible for…
   • § 8807.5 “Instructional committee” means the instructional broadcast advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).
   • § 8808 “Radio committee” means the radio advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).
   • § 8809 “T.V. committee” means the television advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).
   • § 8809.5 If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions…
2. ARTICLE 2. California Public Broadcasting Commission §§ 8810–8818 · 9 sections

   • § 8810 The California Public Broadcasting Commission is hereby created in state government as an independent commission in order to encourage the growth and…
   • § 8811 The commission shall consist of 11 members, as follows: (a) Five members appointed by the Governor for terms of five years, except that the terms of the…
   • § 8812 Appointees to the commission shall be persons who are eminent in such fields as education, cultural affairs, public service, or the arts, including public…
   • § 8813 The appointive members of the commission shall be compensated at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of official commission meetings they…
   • § 8814 The commission shall select annually from among its membership a chairman and vice chairman.
   • § 8815 The commission shall appoint an executive secretary and employ such staff as it may deem necessary in performing the duties prescribed by this chapter.
   • § 8816 The commission shall, in carrying out its responsibility and exercising its authority, make maximum use, for the purposes of economy, efficiency, and…
   • § 8817 (a) The commission shall adopt and enforce reasonable standards governing the acceptance of any salary or other compensation by its employees from sources…
   • § 8818 The meetings of the commission shall be open and public in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3.
3. ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties §§ 8820–8828 · 9 sections

   • § 8820 The commission shall develop and support a statewide policy to encourage the orderly growth and development of public broadcasting service responsive to the…
   • § 8821 The commission may make grants to public broadcasting stations in order to aid in the improvement of their broadcast operations, programming, and capital…
   • § 8822 The commission may cause to be established, managed, and operated systems of interconnection and other methods of statewide distribution of public television…
   • § 8823 The commission may, taking into account the advice of the radio committee or the T.V. committee, as appropriate, make grants for the development, production,…
   • § 8824 The commission may apply for, receive, and distribute federal funds, state funds, and other public or private funds from any source for all or any purposes of…
   • § 8825 The commission may conduct, through grants or contracts, research and demonstration activities in matters relating to public broadcasting.
   • § 8826 The commission may enter into contracts, leases, and other arrangements, and shall do all things necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this…
   • § 8827 The commission shall perform its duties under this chapter in a manner that will assure the maximum freedom of the public broadcasting stations and systems…
   • § 8828 The commission shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, on or before December 31 of each year, covering the commission’s activities,…
4. ARTICLE 4. Advisory Committees §§ 8830–8833 · 4 sections

   • § 8830 At its first meeting, the commission shall establish the radio committee, the T.V. committee, and the instructional committee. Each committee shall elect a…
   • § 8831 Each public radio station may appoint a representative to the radio committee, and each public television station may appoint a representative to the T.V.…
   • § 8832 The commission shall also establish the instructional committee composed of one member and one alternate member appointed for one-year terms by each of the…
   • § 8833 The instructional committee shall advise the commission on instructional programming. In fulfilling this responsibility, the committee may do all of, but shall…
5. ARTICLE 5. Funding §§ 8835.5–8838 · 5 sections

   • § 8835.5 There is hereby appropriated to the California Public Broadcasting Commission the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the General Fund to…
   • § 8836 The commission shall annually distribute the total amount, less the commission’s necessary administrative expenses, available for allocation to public…
   • § 8836.5 The commission shall, after consultation with the radio, television, and instructional broadcast committees, establish, and review annually, criteria and…
   • § 8837 (a) The commission shall prepare an annual financial statement showing all income and expenditures for the preceding year. The commission shall, by regulation,…
   • § 8838 Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to supersede the responsibilities of a state agency or regional or local agency except as expressly provided. Nothing…
6. ARTICLE 6. Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program §§ 8840–8846 · 6 sections

   • § 8840 For purposes of this article, “eligible radio station” means a radio station that, at the time of applying for a grant under this article, meets both of the…
   • § 8841 For purposes of this article, “eligible television station” means a television station that, at the time of applying for a grant under this article, unless…
   • § 8842 For the purposes of this article, “nonfederal financial support” means the total sum of revenues from nonfederal sources derived by a licensee in a fiscal year…
   • § 8843 For purposes of this article, “station” or “public broadcasting station” means any eligible radio or television station.
   • § 8844 (a) Recognizing the necessity of converting California stations to the technologies of digital broadcasting, the Legislature intends that funds may be…
   • § 8846 It is the intent of the Legislature that any funds provided to stations under this article shall supplement, rather than supplant, funds provided from other…