484.3307 Audits; claims for unpaid fees or refunds; identification and collection as separate line item.

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Sec. 7.

(1)No more than every 24 months, a franchising entity may perform reasonable audits of the video service provider's calculation of the fees paid under section 6 to the franchising entity during the preceding 24-month period only. All records reasonably necessary for the audits shall be made available by the provider at the location where the records are kept in the ordinary course of business. The franchising entity and the video service provider shall each be responsible for their respective costs of the audit. Any additional amount due verified by the franchising entity shall be paid by the provider within 30 days of the franchising entity's submission of an invoice for the sum. If the sum exceeds 5% of the total fees which the audit determines should have been paid for the 24-month period, the provider shall pay the franchising entity's reasonable costs of the audit.

(2)Any claims by a franchising entity that fees have not been paid as required under section 6, and any claims for refunds or other corrections to the remittance of the provider, shall be made within 3 years from the date the compensation is remitted.

(3)Any video service provider may identify and collect as a separate line item on the regular monthly bill of each subscriber an amount equal to the percentage established under section 6(1) applied against the amount of the subscriber's monthly bill.

(4)A video service provider may identify and collect as a separate line item on the regular monthly bill of each subscriber an amount equal to the percentage established under section 6(8) applied against the amount of the subscriber's monthly bill.

History: 2006, Act 480 , Eff. Jan. 1, 2007