§ 76.305. Records to be maintained locally by cable system operators for public inspection.

(a) Records to be maintained. The operator of every cable television system having 1,000 or more subscribers shall maintain for public inspection a file containing a copy of all records which are required to be kept by §76.207 (political file); §76.221 (f) (sponsorship identifications); §76.79 (EEO records available for public inspection); §76.225(c) (commerical [commercial] records for children's programming); §76.601 (c) (proof-of-performance test data); §76.601(e) (signal leakage logs and repair records) and §76.701(h) (records for leared access).

(b) Location of records. The public inspection file shall be maintained at the office which the system operator maintains for the ordinary collection of subscriber charges, resolution of subscriber complaints, and other business or at any accessible place in the community served by the system unit(s) (such as a public registry for documents or an attorney's office). The public inspection file shall be available for public inspection at any time during regular business hours.

(c) The records specified in paragraph (a) of this section shall be retained for the period specified in §§76.207, 76.221(f), 76.79, 76.225(c), 76.601 (c), and 76.601(e), respectively.

(d) Reproduction of records. Copies of any material in the public inspection file shall be available for machine reproduction upon request made in person, provided the requesting party shall pay the reasonable cost of reproduction. Requests for machine copies shall be fulfilled at a location specified by the system operator, within a reasonable period of time, which in no event shall be longer than seven days. The system operator is not required to honor requests made by mail but may do so if it chooses.