{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-19-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-19-1","heading":"“Community antenna television system” defined.","body":"“Community antenna television system” or “CATV” as used in this chapter shall mean and include the ownership or operation of a cable television system that receives video or audio signals, electrical impulses, or currents at a central antenna or electronic control center within this state and from which it distributes or transmits such signals, impulses, or currents by a cable or wire system to electronic equipment at a customer’s terminal point within this state.","path":["Title 39 Public Utilities and Carriers","Chapter 19 Community Antenna Television Systems"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE39/39-19/39-19-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:20Z","sha256":"4c7da0a49b2ddf0d12cf7f529e046a39978ad0317afd89e348d1e56c128ca544","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-18.1-6","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-39-19-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}