California Code, Government Code - GOV § 53066.01

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 53066, with respect to any franchise which becomes effective on or after January 1, 1984, the initial franchise fee payment shall not be paid or be made payable in advance for any period of operation which occurs more than 12 months following the date upon which initial payment is made, except that in the case of a joint powers agency which includes a county, or any portion thereof, and one or more cities, formed for purposes of issuing and administering one or more cable television franchises for a community antenna system in an area comprising more than 300,000 households, there may be an advance payment of franchise fees for purposes of the initial preparation, execution, administration, and supervision of the franchise documents and construction of the community antenna system, which payment shall not exceed eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000).

Any advance payment of a franchise fee shall be credited against a franchise fee which subsequently becomes payable. No payment of franchise fees, other than the initial payment, may be made in advance.