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TN Code › Title 7 › Chapter 59 › Section 7-59-203

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No municipality or county shall grant any overlapping franchises for cable or video service within its jurisdiction on terms or conditions more favorable or less burdensome than those in any existing cable or video franchise within the municipality or county. Acts 1988, ch. 675, § 1; 2008, ch. 932, § 26.

No municipality or county shall grant any overlapping franchises for cable or video service within its jurisdiction on terms or conditions more favorable or less burdensome than those in any existing cable or video franchise within the municipality or county.

Acts 1988, ch. 675, § 1; 2008, ch. 932, § 26.

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