{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1255.05","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 34-1255.05","heading":"Transfer or purchase of franchise after denial of renewal.","body":"Except if there is a pending appeal, or the decision is stayed by a judicial or administrative review, upon a decision by the Council to deny a renewal, the Council may, on the expiration date of the franchise, either authorize the District to purchase the assets of the cable operator’s cable system at a price not to exceed fair market value with no value allocated to the franchise itself, or the Council may select another person, after a public hearing, and cause that person to purchase the assets at a price not to exceed fair market value.","path":["Title 34. Public Utilities.","Chapter 12. Cable Television.","Subchapter II. Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment Act of 2015.","Part E. Transfer or Revocation of Franchise."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/34-1255.05","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"895268a324e619a68fae7ff0bc0e8c26115a1b2af72e4ba527cf2e22d81ad063","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1255.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1255.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}