Hawaii Revised Statutes 440G-17 – Criminal and civil liability
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 440G-17
- Access organization: means any nonprofit organization designated by the director to oversee the development, operation, supervision, management, production, or broadcasting of programs for any channels obtained under section 440G-8, and any officers, agents, and employees of such an organization with respect to matters within the course and scope of their employment by the access organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 440G-3
- Cable franchise: means a nonexclusive initial authorization or renewal thereof issued pursuant to this chapter, whether the authorization is designated as a franchise, permit, order, contract, agreement, or otherwise, which authorizes the construction or operation of a cable system. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 440G-3
Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to affect the criminal and civil liability of cable programmers, cable operators, or access organizations pursuant to the federal, state, or local laws regarding libel, slander, obscenity, incitement, invasions of privacy, false or misleading advertising, or other similar laws, except that no access organization shall incur any such liability arising from, based on, or related to any program not created by the access organization, which is broadcast on any channel obtained under section cable franchise authority; criteria; content” class=”unlinked-ref” datatype=”S” sessionyear=”2019″ statecd=”HI”>440G-8, or under similar arrangements.