Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 22 of chapter 166A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1994 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "units", in line 20, the following words:- or a manufactured housing community, as defined in section thirty-two F of chapter one hundred and forty.

SECTION 2. Said section 22 of said chapter 166A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "tenants", in line 21, the following words:- or manufactured home owners or occupants.

SECTION 3. Said section 22 of said chapter 166A, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the sixth paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

No person owning, leasing, controlling or managing a multiple dwelling unit or units, or a manufactured housing community, as defined in section thirty-two F of chapter one hundred and forty, shall prohibit or otherwise prevent an operator from entering such buildings or manufactured homes for the purpose of constructing, installing or servicing CATV system facilities if one or more tenants or occupants of a multiple dwelling unit or units, or one or more owners or occupants of a manufactured home or homes, have requested such CATV services. A cable television operator shall not make an installation in an individual dwelling unit or manufactured home unless permission has been given by the tenant occupying such unit or the owner or occupant of such manufactured home.