Sec. 78.27  License conditions.

    (a) Authorizations (including initial grants, modifications, 
assignments or transfers of control, and renewals) in the Cable 
Television Relay Service to serve cable television systems and other 
eligible systems, shall contain the condition that cable television 
systems shall operate in compliance with the provisions of part 76 
(Cable Television Service) of this chapter and that other eligible 
systems shall operate in compliance with the provisions of part 21 and 
part 74 of this chapter.
    (b) CARS stations licensed under this subpart are required to 
commence operation within one year of the date of the license grant.
    (1) The licensee of a CARS station shall notify the Commission in 
writing when the station commences operation. Such noitification shall 
be submitted on or before the last day of the authorized one year 
construction period; otherwise, the station license shall be 
automatically forfeited.
    (2) CARS licensees needing additional time to complete construction 
of the

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station and commence operation shall request an extension of time 30 
days before the expiration of the one year construction period. 
Exceptions to the 30-day advance filing requirement may be granted where 
unanticipated delays occur.

[ 50 FR 23421 , June 4, 1985, as amended at  55 FR 46015 , Oct. 31, 1990]