{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1254.06","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 34-1254.06","heading":"Procedure for Council review and approval of initial franchise.","body":"(a)\nIf the Office and the applicant agree on the terms of a proposed franchise agreement under § 34-1254.05, the Office shall submit to the Mayor and the Council a Recommendation for the Approval of a Franchise Application consisting of the franchise application, the proposed franchise agreement, and a summary of factors supporting the recommendation.\n\n(b)\nIf at the end of the initial or extended negotiation period under § 34-1254.04, the Office and the applicant are unable to agree on the terms of a proposed franchise agreement, the Office shall submit to the Mayor and the Council a Recommendation for the Denial of a Franchise Application consisting of the franchise application and a summary of the factors supporting the recommendation. The summary shall describe specific deficiencies of the application and a general description of why the application should not be granted.\n\n(c)\nThe Council may, by act, grant a franchise and approve the franchise agreement, with or without conditions or modifications which may override any provisions of the proposed franchise agreement, deny a franchise or reject the proposed franchise agreement and remand the proposed franchise agreement to the Office with recommendations to renegotiate any of the provisions of the agreement and submit a revised agreement to the Council, or deny a franchise or reject the proposed franchise agreement.\n\n(d)\nEach applicant to whom the District grants a franchise shall pay to the District, within 30 days after the franchise is granted, a franchise award fee to be set in the act granting the franchise. The payment shall be nonrefundable. An applicant’s failure to pay the franchise award fee within the 30-day period shall make the franchise and franchise agreement void.","path":["Title 34. Public Utilities.","Chapter 12. Cable Television.","Subchapter II. Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment Act of 2015.","Part D. Franchising and Re-Franchising Process."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/34-1254.06","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"45474bde377bd8594a70f495a97127943768ea7556fd9b98128757cefb93647c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1254.05","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1254.07"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}