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Welcome to MACTA
The Minnesota Association of Community Telecommunications Administrators (MACTA) is a statewide professional organization of city representatives and staff, as well as a state chapter of NATOA. MACTA maintains a strong cohesive network which speaks, advocates, provides conferences and shares information with and for cities and their residents.

We work for our constituencies in the following areas:

The Regulation of Cable Television

Cities' "Rights-of-Way" Authority

The Administration of Cable Television Franchises

Advocacy & Voice of Cities for Improved Telecommunications at the State & Federal Level

Promote & Support Government Uses of Cable Television Including Community Programming

Do We Have Your Correct Information?
MACTAs primary communication tools with our members are the website and email. If you are not getting email at least once per month, your information may be incorrect or your server may be blocking the email from this domain. If you have not been receiving communications from us, please contact us to make sure we have the correct information.

Important Legislative Information & Updates

MACTA works every session to act as your advocates at the Minnesota Legislature. We're working to improve telecommunications for cities like yours.

CAP Act Information Template
Wednesday, February 02, 2011

In a few weeks, we anticipate that the Community Access Preservation Act (“CAP Act”) will be reintroduced in Congress. The CAP Act responds to four immediate threats to our funding and those of public, educational and governmental cable channels around the country:

· It amends the Communications Act so that franchise fees may be used to support basic operational costs, including employee salaries;

· It reaffirms the principles of the Communications Act that cable providers should not discriminate against us and should treat us the same as other local broadcast channels;

· It promotes the preservation of public, educational and governmental channels and ongoing funding from cable providers for local programming and

· It amends the Communications Act to treat wireless providers the same as cable providers where support and carriage of local access centers areconcerned.

Please support the CAP Act by becoming a co-sponsor. Your community and constituents depend on it.

The Alliance for Community Media has created a template to use to send letters to your legislators, Click here to download the letter.

HF 2396
Friday, September 04, 2009

HF 2396

Summary of HF 2396 - Brian Grogan, Attorney, Moss & Barnett
Friday, September 04, 2009

Summary of HF 2396

Broadband Conduit Deployment Act S1266
Friday, September 04, 2009

Also referred to as the "Dig Once" bill
S1266

U of M Statewide Video Franchising Report
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

A Comparative Study of Outcomes in Texas, California, and Michigan.
A report of the Center for Science Technology and Public Policy
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
March 2009
Click here to view the full report