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FCC RECORD ONLY
$//Order, FCC Form 1240, MM Docket No. 92-266, DA 96-41//$
$/76.933 Franchising authority review of basic cable rates and equipment costs/$
$/76.958 Notice to Commission of rate change while complaint pending/$

                                                       DA 96-41

                             Before the 
   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of:     )
     )
Implementation of Sections of     )
the Cable Television Consumer  )       MM Docket No. 92-266
Protection and Competition        )    
Act of 1992:  Rate Regulation  )
     )
Thirteenth Order on Reconsideration;   )     
FCC Form 1240 

                                   ORDER


Adopted:    January 19, 1996 Released:   January 19, 1996


By the Chief, Cable Services Bureau:

 1.   On September 22, 1995, the Commission released a Thirteenth Order on
Reconsideration in MM Docket No. 92-266 ("Thirteenth Reconsideration"), FCC 95-397, 60
FR 52106 (October 5, 1995), establishing a new optional rate adjustment methodology.  On
December 15, 1996, the Office of Management and Budget approved the Commission's new
FCC Form 1240 (Annual Updating of Maximum Permitted Rates for Regulated Cable
Services), which implements that methodology.  See Public Notice, OMB Approves FCC
Form 1240 (Annual Updating of Maximum Permitted Rates for Regulated Cable Services),
DA 96-7 (January 11, 1996).  An error was found in the Instructions to the initially released
paper copy of the December 1995 version of the Form.  The Form has been corrected and a
Public Notice has been released describing the error and how to obtain copies of the corrected
January 1996 version of Form 1240.  See Public Notice, Cable Services Bureau Corrects FCC
Form 1240, DA 96-40 (January 19, 1996).  

 2.   Operators are required to use the corrected January 1996 version of Form 1240. 
We are concerned, however, that operators may have already filed the December 1995 version
of Form 1240 with their local franchising authority or with the Commission, or that they have
made plans to do so in the immediate future.  We do not intend the requirement to file a
corrected Form 1240 to affect the review period of the filing.  Therefore, operators that have
already filed FCC Form 1240 with their local franchising authority or the Commission should
submit a corrected Form 1240 by February 20, 1996.  Operators who plan to file with their
local franchising authority or the Commission by January 26, 1996 are permitted to file a
December 1995 Form 1240, but also must submit a corrected Form 1240 by January 26,
1996.  If the filing is made after that date, the franchising authority will have the authority to
extend the review period by as many days as the filing is late.
      
 3.   This action is taken by the Chief, Cable Services Bureau, pursuant to authority
delegated by Section 0.321 of the Commission's rules.  47 C.F.R.  0.321.

      4.    For further information, contact Meryl S. Icove, Cable Services Bureau (202)
416-0800.


      FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION





      Meredith J. Jones
      Chief, Cable Services Bureau