(a) A municipality shall invite applications for a cable television franchise by means of a public notice advertising the availability of its requests for proposals. The public notice shall contain, but need not be limited to:

1. (1) a description of the political or geographic boundaries of the area for which a franchise is sought;
2. (2) a statement that a formal request for proposals is available to prospective applicants from a municipal officer whose name, address and telephone number are specified;
3. (3) a statement that applications for a franchise must be submitted in writing in the form and manner specified in the request for proposals no later than a day certain (which date shall be not less than 60 days from the date of final publication of the public notice); and
4. (4) a statement that all applications will be made available for public inspection during normal business hours at a specified location.

(b) The public notice of request for proposals shall be published in the following manner:

1. (1) at least once in each of two different calendar weeks in the official newspaper(s) of the municipality; and
2. (2) at least once in any two publications that may reasonably be expected to attract the attention of prospective franchise applicants nationally.

(c) Promptly upon the submission of its notice of request for proposals for publication, the municipality shall furnish the commission with true and complete copies of:

1. (1) the public notice; and

2. (2) the request for proposals, if materially different from the recommended request for proposals submitted to the municipality by the advisory committee.

   True copies of proofs of publication shall also be provided to the commission.