D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 19-2027

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024
Rule 19-2027 - TELECAST REQUIREMENTS
2027.1

A person presenting a telecast shall file with the Commission, within seventy- two (72) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after the telecast, a report setting forth the following:

(a) The identity and address of the telecasters;
(b) The date of the telecast;
(c) The names of the featured contestants;
(d) The length of the telecast;
(e) The sites of the telecast, if over closed-circuit television;
(f) The subscribing telecast system, if over subscription television;
(g) The exact number of tickets sold for the telecast;
(h) The gross receipts from the sale of such tickets;
(i) If no tickets are sold, the price in money or value paid or owed for the telecast; and
(j) The telecaster's District tax number, if any.
2027.2

Except as provided in § 2027.3, a person presenting a telecast shall within seventy-two (72) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays) after the telecast, pay a fee of five percent (5%) of the first one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of the gross receipts from, or price paid or owed for, the telecast, and two percent (2%) of any gross receipts or price paid or owed in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).

2027.3

The Commission, it its discretion, may require a person presenting a telecast in lieu of the requirements of § 2027.2, to pay in advance of the telecast a fee based on the estimated gross receipts or value of the telecast. In making such an estimate, the Commission shall consider the reasonably projected sources and amount of receipts or value including any sponsors or subscribers and any fees paid for closed-circuit telecasts.

D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 19-2027

Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 3710, 3719-20 (May 20, 1988)