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Section 21. Line extension policy. A. Upon request and payment of all applicable charges, and provided that the requesting person gives franchisee access to his or her premises in order to furnish, maintain and cominue to offer service (Q that person, franchisee shall, throughout the term of this agreement, promptly furnish, maintain, and continue to provide all services distributed over the system to any person at his or her place of residence or commercial location where franchisee's plant is the closest activated plant to the location. Section 22. Cable home wiring commitments. A. At minimum, franchisee shall comply with all FCC rules regarding cable home wiring, as amended from time to time. 1. Upon commencement of service, and annually thereafter, franchisee will notify customers of their rights and options relating to cable home wiring, pursuant to applicable law. Section 23. Franchise fee. A. In consideration of the privilege granted herein to use and occupy the streets to own, construct, install, maintain and operate its cable system, franchisee shall pay to the City a franchise fee equal to either (1) five percerit of its gross revenues as defined in Section 1 T of Ordinance No. 99-Ch; or (2) if a change in law increases the maximum allowable percentage to an amount greater than that specified in (1) above, that higher amount provided however, that such increase is affirmatively imposed by the City after a public hearing at which both the public and franchisee are allowed to comment on the impact of the higher fee. Franchisee will pay to the City such higher amount effective with the next available billing cycle in which the higher charge may be placed on subscribers bills. Franchisee shall calculate gross revenues for purposes of determining the franchise fee owned in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), franchisee may subtract its actual bad debt expense determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for the relevam period from gross revenues, provide, however, that any bad debt subsequently collected shall be included in gross revenues in the period in which the bad debt is collected. B. Franchisee shall pay the franchise fee to the City in full compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 15 of Ordinance No. 99-~as amended. C. The quarterly statements required to be filed by the franchisee with the City pursuant to Section 15 (D) of Ordinance No.99-~ shall be audited and reported on by certified -19- Cable Fr:ll1chise Agreement \. ~