| (1) | A municipality that provides a broadband service, a cable television service, or a public telecommunications service under this chapter:
| (a) | shall establish separate enterprise funds to account for the municipality's operations of a broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service; |
| (b) | may fund the services through:
| (i) | revenues earned from operation of the broadband, cable television, or public telecommunications service; or |
| (ii) | revenue bonds or government obligation bonds authorized in Section 10-18-302; |
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| (d) | shall, consistent with the requirements of Section 10-6-135, adopt separate operating and capital budgets for the municipality's:
| (ii) | cable television services; and |
| (iii) | public telecommunications services; |
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| (e) | may not transfer any appropriation or other balance in any enterprise fund established by the municipality under this section to another enterprise fund; |
| (g) | shall maintain separation between the municipality's role as a competitive provider of a broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service, and the municipality's role as a regulator over private providers that offer a service in competition with the service offered by the municipality, including with respect to the personnel, real property, operational capabilities, and other resources between these separate functions; and |
| (h) | may not share any non-public information between employees or contractors responsible for executing the municipality's role as a competitive provider of a broadband service, cable television service, or public telecommunications service, and employees or contractors responsible for executing the municipality's role as a regulator over private providers that offer a service in competition with a service offered by the municipality. |
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