Indiana 2023 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 1429 — Communications infrastructure in utility easement.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Provides that if an electricity supplier provides a property owner with notice of the electricity supplier's intent to: (1) install new communications infrastructure; or (2) allow: (A) an affiliated entity of the electricity supplier; or (B) a communications service provider; to install new communications infrastructure; within an electric easement on the property, the property owner shall allow the electricity supplier, affiliated entity, or communications service provider to access the electric easement for purposes of the attachment or installation of communications infrastructure within the electric easement. Provides that a property owner is not entitled to damages for a decrease in the value of the property caused by an electricity supplier's use of an electric easement on the property for communications infrastructure if an appraisal of the property cannot determine a value for the property due to a lack of comparable properties.

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Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications

  2. Authored by Representative Prescott

Sponsors

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Not signed on (149)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1429 do?
Provides that if an electricity supplier provides a property owner with notice of the electricity supplier's intent to: (1) install new communications infrastructure; or (2) allow: (A) an affiliated entity of the electricity supplier; or (B) a communications service provider; to install new communications infrastructure; within an electric easement on the property, the property owner shall allow the electricity supplier, affiliated entity, or communications service provider to access the electric easement for purposes of the attachment or installation of communications infrastructure within the electric easement. Provides that a property owner is not entitled to damages for a decrease in the value of the property caused by an electricity supplier's use of an electric easement on the property for communications infrastructure if an appraisal of the property cannot determine a value for the property due to a lack of comparable properties.
Who sponsors HB 1429?
HB 1429 is sponsored by J.D. Prescott (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1429?
This bill died with 2023 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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