TAX REFUND FOR NATIONAL GUARD ELIGIBILITY
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SB 15 — TAX REFUND FOR NATIONAL GUARD ELIGIBILITY
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The bill was amended to replace a focus on military affairs with a focus on telecommunications by enacting the "Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act." This introduces provisions for deploying cellular network nodes in public areas to improve wireless services. This change matters because it aims to enhance connectivity for consumers, likely affecting how technology and communication infrastructure are developed in New Mexico.
SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 1514 53RD LEGISLATURE - STATEOFNEWMEXICO-STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION , 2018 INTRODUCED4 BY6 Carlos8 R.10 AN ACT RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS;
CisnerosENACTING 6 8 FOR THE MILITARYWIRELESS ANDCONSUMER VETERANS'ADVANCED AFFAIRSINFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEEINVESTMENT 10ACT; AN ACT RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS;
CHANGINGESTABLISHING THEPROVISIONS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONALTHE GUARDDEPLOYMENT MEMBERSOF TOCELLULAR RECEIVENETWORK ASSISTANCENODES FROMIN INCOMEPUBLIC TAXRIGHTS REFUNDOF CONTRIBUTIONS.WAY.
1416 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
e t 17 SECTION 1.
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wa l ni da 18e "7-1-6.50.r 20 SECTION 2.
DISTRIBUTION--CONTRIBUTIONS[NEW FORMATERIAL] NATIONALDEFINITIONS.--As GUARDused =in = 19 MEMBER AND FAMILY ASSISTANCE.--A distribution pursuant to a l i a e r 20 Section 7-1-6.1 NMSA 1978 shall be made to the department of a t m m 21 militaryWireless affairsConsumer inAdvanced anInfrastructure amountInvestment equalAct: to the money designated d r e 22 pursuant to Section 7-2-30.3 NMSA 1978 as contributions for c e s k 23 assistance to members of the New Mexico national guard e a n b 24 [deployed overseas for a period of thirty or more consecutive u [ days] and to their families.
Thed departmentr ofe military22 .209014.2A. affairs shall deposit the money in a temporary suspense account for distribution to members of the New Mexico national guard and to their families." SECTION 2.
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"7-2-30.3.u [ B.
OPTIONAL"applicable DESIGNATIONcodes" OFmeans TAXuniform REFUNDbuilding, CONTRIBUTION--NATIONALfire, GUARD.210262.1 MEMBERSJC/SB AND14 FAMILYelectrical, ASSISTANCE.--plumbing A.or mechanical codes adopted by a recognized national code organization and enacted by the authority, including the local amendments to those codes enacted by the authority solely to address imminent threats of destruction of property or injury to persons, to the extent that those amendments are consistent with the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act;
ExceptC. as otherwise provided in Subsection C of this section, an individual whose state income tax liability after application of allowable credits and tax rebates in a year is lower than the amount of money held by the department to the credit of the individual for that tax year may designate a portion of the income tax refund due to the individual to be contributed for assistance to members of the New Mexico national guard [activated for overseas service ] and to their families.
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eD. e n d 18 B.
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tE. e a t "National Guard Member and Family Assistance - Check 9 m m 21 e d r e 22 if you wish to contribute a part or all of your tax refund c e r c 23 for assistance to members of the New Mexico national guard e a n b 24 [activated for overseas service ] and to their families.
u"authority" [means Entera heremunicipality $_____or thecounty; amount of your contribution.".
.209014.2F. - 2 - C.
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EFFECTIVEe DATE.--Thee effectiven dated of18 theG. provisions of this act is July 1, 2018.
-"collocate" 3means -to 10install, 12mount, 14maintain, 16 e e 17 e e n d 18 = = l ] 19 amodify, loperate ror ireplace 20one tor emore awireless tfacilities mon, ma 21l e d r ei 2220 cin eor radjacent cto 23 e a nwireless bsupport 24structure uor [utility .209014.2pole;
t e a t H.
"communications service" means cable service as m m 21 e d defined in 47 U.S.C.
Section 522(6), information service as r e 22 c e r c 23 defined in 47 U.S.C.
Section 153(24), mobile service as defined e a n b 24 in 47 U.S.C.
Section 153(33), telecommunications service as u [ defined in 47 U.S.C.
Section 153(53) or wireless service other .210262.1 - 2 - SJC/SB 14 than mobile service;
I.
"fee" means a one-time charge;
J.
"law" includes federal, state or local law;
K.
"permit" means the written permission of an authority for a wireless provider to install, mount, maintain, modify, operate or replace a utility pole or to collocate a small wireless facility on a utility pole or wireless support structure;
L.
"person":
(1) means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust or other entity or organization;
and (2) includes an authority;
M.
"private easement" means an easement or other real property right given for the benefit of the grantee of the easement and the grantee's successors and assigns;
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e e 17 N.
"rate" means a recurring charge;
e e n d 18 O.
"right of way":
= = l ] 19 (1) means the area on, below or above a public a l r i 20 roadway, highway, street, sidewalk, alley or utility easement;
t e a t and m m 21 e d (2) does not include the area on, below or r e 22 c e r c 23 above:
e a n b 24 (a) a federal interstate highway;
u [ (b) a state highway or route under the .210262.1 - 3 - SJC/SB 14 jurisdiction of the department of transportation;
(c) a private easement;
or (d) a utility easement that does not authorize the deployment sought by a wireless provider;
P.
"small wireless facility" means a wireless facility whose:
(1) antennas are, or could fit, inside an enclosure with a volume of six or fewer cubic feet;
and (2) other ground- or pole-mounted wireless equipment, not including the following, is twenty-eight or fewer cubic feet in volume:
(a) electric meter;
(b) concealment elements;
(c) telecommunications demarcation box;
(d) grounding equipment;
(e) power transfer switch;
e e 17 (f) cutoff switch;
e e n d 18 (g) vertical cable runs for the = = l ] 19 connection of power and other services;
and a l r i 20 (h) elements required by an authority in t e a t accordance with Subsection H of Section 3 of the Wireless m m 21 e d Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act;
r e 22 c e r c 23 Q.
"utility pole":
e a n b 24 (1) means a pole or similar structure used in u [ whole or in part for communications services, electricity .210262.1 - 4 - SJC/SB 14 distribution, lighting or traffic signals;
and (2) does not include a wireless support structure or electric transmission structure;
R.
"wireless facility":
(1) means equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network, including:
(a) equipment associated with wireless communications;
and (b) radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cables, regular and backup power supplies and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration;
(2) includes a small wireless facility;
and (3) does not include:
(a) the structure or improvements on, e e 17 under or within which the equipment is collocated;
e e n d 18 (b) a wireline backhaul facility, = = l ] 19 coaxial cable or fiber-optic cable between wireless support a l r i 20 structures or utility poles;
or t e a t (c) coaxial or fiber-optic cable m m 21 e d otherwise not immediately adjacent to, or directly associated r e 22 c e r c 23 with, an antenna;
e a n b 24 S.
"wireless infrastructure provider" means a u [ person, other than a wireless services provider, that may .210262.1 - 5 - SJC/SB 14 provide telecommunications service in New Mexico and that builds or installs wireless communications transmission equipment, wireless facilities' utility poles or wireless support structures;
T.
"wireless provider" means a wireless infrastructure provider or wireless services provider;
U.
"wireless services" means services provided to the public that use licensed or unlicensed spectrum, either mobile or at a fixed location, through wireless facilities;
V.
"wireless services provider" means a person that provides wireless services;
W.
"wireless support structure" means a freestanding structure, including a monopole or guyed or self-supporting tower, but not including a utility pole;
and X.
"wireline backhaul facility" means a facility used to transport services by wire from a wireless facility to e e 17 a network.
e e n d 18 SECTION 3.
[NEW MATERIAL ] WIRELESS PROVIDER--USE OF RIGHT = = l ] 19 OF WAY--RATES, FEES AND TERMS--RIGHT TO ACCESS--DAMAGE AND a l r i 20 REPAIR.-- t e a t A.
This section applies to the activities of a m m 21 e d wireless provider within a right of way.
r e 22 c e r c 23 B.
An authority shall not enter into an exclusive e a n b 24 agreement with a wireless provider for the use of a right of u [ way in:
.210262.1 - 6 - SJC/SB 14 (1) constructing, installing, maintaining, modifying, operating or replacing a utility pole;
or (2) collocating a small wireless facility on a utility pole or wireless support structure.
C.
An authority may charge a wireless provider a rate or fee for the provider's use of a right of way in constructing, installing, maintaining, modifying, operating or replacing a utility pole, or in collocating a small wireless facility, in the right of way only if:
(1) the authority otherwise may, under law, charge the rate or fee;
(2) the authority charges other communications service providers for their use, if any, of the right of way;
and (3) the rate or fee:
(a) is competitively neutral as compared e e 17 to other users, if any, of the right of way, unless the other e e n d 18 users are exempt under law from paying a rate or fee for their = = l ] 19 use of the right of way;
a l r i 20 (b) is not in the form of a franchise or t e a t other fee based on revenue or customer counts;
m m 21 e d (c) is reasonable and nondiscriminatory;
r e 22 c e r c 23 and e a n b 24 (d) annually, does not exceed an amount u [ equal to two hundred fifty dollars ($250) multiplied by the .210262.1 - 7 - SJC/SB 14 number of small wireless facilities placed by the wireless provider in the right of way and in the authority's jurisdiction.
D.
An authority may adjust the rate it charges for the use of a right of way, but no more often than once a year and by no more than an amount equal to one-half the annual change, if any, in the most recent consumer price index for all urban consumers for New Mexico, as published by the United States department of labor.
An authority that adjusts that rate shall notify all wireless providers charged the pre- adjusted rate of the prospective adjustment and shall make the adjustment effective sixty days or more following that notice.
E.
Except as otherwise provided in the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act, and subject to the approval of an application as provided in Section 4 of that act, a wireless provider may collocate small wireless e e 17 facilities and construct, install, modify, mount, maintain, e e n d 18 operate and replace utility poles associated with the = = l ] 19 collocation of a small wireless facility along, across, on or a l r i 20 under the right of way.
t e a t F.
If a wireless provider or the provider's m m 21 e d contractor causes damage to the authority's property or right r e 22 c e r c 23 of way while the provider or contractor occupies, installs, e a n b 24 repairs or maintains a small wireless facility, wireless u [ support structure or utility pole in the right of way, the .210262.1 - 8 - SJC/SB 14 authority may require the provider to return the property to its pre-damage condition according to the authority's requirements and specifications if the requirements and specifications are competitively neutral and reasonable and upon written notice of the requirement to the provider.
If the provider does not, within a reasonable period after receiving the notice, repair the property as required by the authority, the authority may make the repairs and charge the provider the reasonable, documented cost of the repairs.
G.
A wireless provider that deploys a utility pole or small wireless facility in a right of way shall construct, maintain and locate it so as not to obstruct or hinder the usual travel on, or endanger the public in, the right of way, damage or interfere with another utility facility in the right of way or interfere with another utility's use of its facility in the right of way.
In constructing and maintaining its e e 17 utility pole or small wireless facility, the wireless provider e e n d 18 shall comply with the national electrical safety code and all = = l ] 19 applicable laws for the protection of underground and overhead a l r i 20 utility facilities.
An authority shall treat a wireless t e a t provider's utility poles and small wireless facilities in a m m 21 e d right of way as it does the facilities, if any, of other r e 22 c e r c 23 utilities in the right of way;
however, the authority may adopt e a n b 24 reasonable regulations concerning the separation of the u [ wireless provider's utility poles and small wireless facilities .210262.1 - 9 - SJC/SB 14 from other utility facilities in the right of way to prevent damage to, or interference with, the facilities or to prevent interference with a utility's use of its facility or facilities in, or to be placed in, the right of way.
H.
Subject to Subsection E of Section 4 of the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act, an authority may require, as they pertain to small wireless facilities located in design districts or historic districts, reasonable, technically feasible, non-discriminatory and technologically neutral design or concealment measures and reasonable measures for conforming to the design aesthetics of design districts or historic districts, as long as the measures do not have the effect of prohibiting a wireless provider's technology.
As used in this subsection:
(1) "design district" means an area zoned or otherwise designated by municipal ordinance and for which a e e 17 municipality maintains and uniformly enforces unique design and e e n d 18 aesthetic standards;
and = = l ] 19 (2) "historic district" means a group of a l r i 20 buildings, properties or sites that fall within the category t e a t defined in 47 C.F.R.
1.1307(a)(4) and are:
m m 21 e d (a) listed in the national register of r e 22 c e r c 23 historic places or formally determined eligible for listing in e a n b 24 that register by the keeper of the register in accordance with u [ the nationwide programmatic agreement found in 47 C.F.R.
Part .210262.1 - 10 - SJC/SB 14 1, Appendix C;
or (b) designated as a historic district in accordance with the Historic District and Landmark Act.
I.
Without the authority's discretionary and written consent, which the authority shall give in a nondiscriminatory way, a wireless provider shall not install a new utility pole in a right of way adjacent to a street or thoroughfare that is:
(1) fifty feet wide or less;
and (2) adjacent to single-family residential lots or other multifamily residences or to undeveloped land designated for residential use by zoning or deed restrictions.
J.
A wireless provider that installs a new utility pole or small wireless facility in a right of way as described in Subsection H of this section shall comply with applicable private deed restrictions and other private restrictions e e 17 affecting the area.
e e n d 18 K.
A wireless provider shall notify an authority in = = l ] 19 writing of its intention to discontinue its use of a small a l r i 20 wireless facility or utility pole.
The notice shall inform the t e a t authority of the time and the way in which the wireless m m 21 e d provider intends to remove the small wireless facility or r e 22 c e r c 23 utility pole.
The wireless provider is responsible for the e a n b 24 costs of the removal.
The authority may require the wireless u [ provider to return the property to its pre-installation .210262.1 - 11 - SJC/SB 14 condition according to the authority's reasonable and nondiscriminatory requirements and specifications.
If the wireless provider does not complete the removal within forty- five days after the notice, the authority may complete the removal and assess the costs of removal against the wireless provider.
The permit for the small wireless facility or utility pole expires upon removal.
SECTION 4.
[NEW MATERIAL ] COLLOCATION OF A SMALL WIRELESS FACILITY--PERMITS--APPLICATION--FEE.-- A.
This section applies to a wireless provider's collocation activities within a right of way.
B.
An authority may prohibit, regulate or charge for the collocation of a small wireless facility only as provided in this section and Sections 3, 6 and 7 of the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act.
C.
A small wireless facility collocated on a e e 17 utility pole or wireless support structure that extends ten or e e n d 18 fewer feet above the pole or structure in a right of way in any = = l ] 19 zone is classified as a permitted use and is not subject to a l r i 20 zoning review or approval.
t e a t D.
An authority may require an applicant to obtain m m 21 e d one or more permits to collocate a small wireless facility in a r e 22 c e r c 23 right of way if the requirement is of general applicability to e a n b 24 users of the right of way.
An applicant seeking to collocate, u [ within an authority's jurisdiction, up to twenty-five small .210262.1 - 12 - SJC/SB 14 wireless facilities, all of which are substantially the same type, on substantially the same types of structures may file a consolidated application for the collocation of the facilities.
An applicant shall not file with an authority more than one consolidated application in any five-business-day period.
The applicant shall include in a consolidated application an attestation that, unless a delay in collocation is caused by the lack of commercial power or fiber at the site, the collocation will begin within one hundred eighty days after the permit issuance date.
The authority and the provider may subsequently agree to extend that period.
E.
An authority shall:
(1) without bias, accept and process applications and issue permits to collocate small wireless facilities;
(2) within thirty days after receiving an e e 17 application, determine and notify the applicant of whether the e e n d 18 application is complete and:
= = l ] 19 (a) for an incomplete application, a l r i 20 specifically identify the information missing from it;
and t e a t (b) deem the application complete if the m m 21 e d applicant is not notified within the thirty-day period;
r e 22 c e r c 23 (3) within ninety days after receiving a e a n b 24 completed application, approve or deny it and deem the u [ application approved if that approval or denial is not given .210262.1 - 13 - SJC/SB 14 within the ninety-day period.
The authority may request an extension of the ninety-day period, and the authority and applicant may agree to extend that period.
An applicant shall not unreasonably deny an authority's request to extend the period;
(4) approve a completed application unless the application does not conform with:
(a) applicable codes or local laws concerning:
1) public safety;
2) design for utility poles, but only to the extent that the standards the codes or laws impose are objective;
3) stealth and concealment, but only to the extent that the restrictions the codes or laws impose are reasonable;
and 4) the spacing of ground-mounted equipment in a right of way;
and (b) requirements imposed by the authority in accordance with Subsection H of Section 3 of the e e 17 Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act;
and e e n d 18 (5) if it denies an application, document the = = l ] 19 basis for the denial, including the specific code or law on a l r i 20 which the denial was based, and send that documentation to the t e a t applicant on or before the date the application is denied.
m m 21 e d F.
In the ninety-day period after an authority r e 22 c e r c 23 receives an application to collocate a small wireless facility, e a n b 24 the authority may:
u [ (1) provide public notice of the application .210262.1 - 14 - SJC/SB 14 and an opportunity for written public comment on the application;
and (2) submit the written public comment to the applicant and request that the applicant respond to it.
G.
If an authority determines that applicable codes or laws require that a utility pole or wireless support structure be replaced before an application for collocation is approved, the authority may condition approval of the application on that replacement.
That replacement is subject to Section 3 of the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act.
H.
An applicant whose application is denied may cure the deficiencies identified by the authority and submit a revised application within thirty days after the denial for no additional fee.
The authority shall base its review of the revised application only on the deficiencies cited in the e e 17 denial and shall approve or deny the revised application within e e n d 18 thirty days after receiving it.
= = l ] 19 I.
If an application is for the collocation of a l r i 20 multiple small wireless facilities, the authority may:
t e a t (1) treat as separate those for which m m 21 e d incomplete information has been provided, that do not qualify r e 22 c e r c 23 for consolidated treatment or that are denied;
and e a n b 24 (2) issue separate permits for the u [ collocations that it approves.
.210262.1 - 15 - SJC/SB 14 J.
An authority shall not:
(1) directly or indirectly require an applicant to perform services unrelated to the collocation for which approval is sought, such as the making of in-kind contributions to the authority of reserving fiber, conduit or pole space on the wireless provider's utility pole;
(2) require an applicant to provide more information to obtain a permit than the authority requires of a communications service provider that is not a wireless provider and that requests a permit to attach facilities to a structure;
however, the authority may require the applicant to certify that the small wireless facilities to be collocated conform with the federal communications commission's regulations concerning radio frequency emissions;
(3) institute, either expressly or de facto, a moratorium on the acceptance or processing of applications or e e 17 on the issuance of permits or other approvals, if any, for the e e n d 18 collocation of small wireless facilities;
or = = l ] 19 (4) except as otherwise provided in Subsection a l r i 20 K of this section, require an application, approval or permit t e a t or impose a fee, rate or other charge for:
m m 21 e d (a) the routine maintenance of a small r e 22 c e r c 23 wireless facility;
e a n b 24 (b) the replacement of a small wireless u [ facility with one that is substantially similar in size to, the .210262.1 - 16 - SJC/SB 14 same size as or smaller than it, as long as the wireless provider that owns the wireless facility notifies the authority of the replacement at least ten days before the replacement;
or (c) the installation, maintenance, operation, placement or replacement of a micro wireless facility that is, in accordance with applicable codes, suspended on cables strung between utility poles or wireless structures.
As used in this subparagraph, "micro wireless facility" means a small wireless facility less than twenty-four inches long, fifteen inches wide and twelve inches high whose exterior antenna, if any, is less than eleven inches long.
K.
An authority may require a permit to engage, within rights of way, in activities that are identified in Paragraph (4) of Subsection J of this section and that affect traffic patterns or require lane closures.
L.
The collocation for which a permit is issued e e 17 shall begin within one hundred eighty days after the permit e e n d 18 issuance date, unless the authority and the wireless provider = = l ] 19 agree to extend that period or a delay in collocation is caused a l r i 20 by the lack of commercial power or fiber at the site.
The t e a t permit gives the wireless provider the right to:
m m 21 e d (1) collocate the small wireless facility;
and r e 22 c e r c 23 (2) subject to applicable relocation e a n b 24 requirements, the requirements imposed on the authority by u [ Section 3 of the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure .210262.1 - 17 - SJC/SB 14 Investment Act and to the wireless provider's right to terminate collocation at any time:
(a) operate and maintain the small wireless facility for at least ten years;
and (b) renew the permit for the same period, unless the authority finds that the small wireless facility does not conform with the applicable codes and local laws set forth in Paragraph (4) of Subsection E of this section.
M.
An authority may charge an applicant an application fee in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) or less for each of up to five small wireless facilities and fifty dollars ($50.00) or less for each additional small wireless facility whose collocation is requested in a single application.
N.
The approval of an application under the e e 17 Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act does e e n d 18 not authorize the provision of a service or authorize the = = l ] 19 installation, placement, maintenance or operation of a wireline a l r i 20 backhaul facility in a right of way.
t e a t O.
The Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure m m 21 e d Investment Act shall not be deemed to allow a person, without r e 22 c e r c 23 the consent of the property owner, to collocate a small e a n b 24 wireless facility on a privately owned utility pole, a u [ privately owned wireless support structure or private property.
.210262.1 - 18 - SJC/SB 14 SECTION 5.
[NEW MATERIAL ] INSTALLATION, REPLACEMENT OR MODIFICATION OF A UTILITY POLE--PERMITS--APPLICATION--FEE.-- A.
This section applies to the activities of a wireless provider in installing a new, replacement or modified utility pole associated with the collocation of a small wireless facility in a right of way.
B.
A new, replacement or modified utility pole associated with the collocation of a small wireless facility and installed in a right of way is not subject to zoning review and approval, except for that which pertains to the under- grounding prohibitions described in Subparagraph (c) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection C of this section, unless the utility pole, as measured from the ground level, is higher than whichever of the following is greater:
(1) ten feet plus the height in feet of the tallest existing utility pole, other than a utility pole e e 17 supporting only one or more wireless facilities, that is:
e e n d 18 (a) in place on the effective date of = = l ] 19 the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act;
a l r i 20 (b) located within five hundred feet of t e a t the new, replacement or modified utility pole;
m m 21 e d (c) in the same right of way and within r e 22 c e r c 23 the jurisdictional boundary of the authority;
and e a n b 24 (d) fifty or fewer feet above ground u [ level;
or .210262.1 - 19 - SJC/SB 14 (2) fifty feet.
C.
An authority may require an application for the installation of a new, replacement or modified utility pole associated with the collocation of a small wireless facility in a right of way.
An authority shall approve such an application unless the authority finds that the installation of the utility pole does not conform with:
(1) applicable codes or local laws concerning:
(a) public safety;
(b) design for utility poles, but only to the extent that the standards the codes or laws impose are objective;
and (c) under-grounding prohibitions on the installation of new, or the modification of existing, utility poles in a right of way without prior approval, if those regulations:
1) require that all cable and public utility e e 17 facilities be placed underground by a date certain within one e e n d 18 year after the application;
2) include a waiver, zoning or = = l ] 19 other process that addresses requests to install such new a l r i 20 utility poles or modify such existing utility poles;
and 3) t e a t allow the replacement of utility poles;
m m 21 e d (2) the federal Americans with Disabilities r e 22 c e r c 23 Act of 1990 or similar federal or state standards for e a n b 24 pedestrian access or movement;
u [ (3) requirements imposed by the authority in .210262.1 - 20 - SJC/SB 14 accordance with Subsection H of Section 3 of the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act;
(4) requirements imposed by contract between an authority and a private property owner concerning the design of utility poles in the right of way;
or (5) the authority's laws concerning public safety and imposing minimum spacing requirements, if reasonable, for new utility poles in rights of way.
D.
An authority shall process an application for a permit to install a new, replacement or modified utility pole associated with the collocation of a small wireless facility within one hundred fifty days after receiving the application.
If the authority fails to approve or deny the application within that period, the authority shall deem the application approved.
The application fee, if any, imposed by the authority for such an application shall conform with the e e 17 requirements of Subsection M of Section 4 of the Wireless e e n d 18 Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act and shall not = = l ] 19 exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).
a l r i 20 E.
The installation, modification or replacement t e a t for which a permit is issued under this section shall begin m m 21 e d within one hundred eighty days after the permit issuance date, r e 22 c e r c 23 unless the authority and wireless provider agree to extend that e a n b 24 period or a delay in the installation, modification or u [ replacement is caused by the lack of commercial power or fiber .210262.1 - 21 - SJC/SB 14 at the site.
The permit gives the wireless provider the right to:
(1) undertake the requested deployment;
and (2) subject to applicable relocation requirements, to the requirements imposed on the authority by this section and to the provider's right to terminate the installation at any time:
(a) operate and maintain the new, modified or replacement utility pole for a period of at least ten years;
and (b) renew the permit for that same period, unless the authority finds that the new or modified utility pole does not conform with the restrictions set forth in Subsection C of this section.
SECTION 6.
[NEW MATERIAL ] ACCESS TO AUTHORITY UTILITY POLES--RATES AND FEES--COLLOCATIONS FOR OTHER COMMERCIAL e e 17 PROJECTS OR USES.-- e e n d 18 A.
An authority shall not enter into an exclusive = = l ] 19 agreement with a person for the right to attach a small a l r i 20 wireless facility to an authority utility pole.
t e a t B.
The rates and fees an authority imposes for the m m 21 e d collocation of a small wireless facility on an authority r e 22 c e r c 23 utility pole shall not vary according to the services provided e a n b 24 by the collocating person.
u [ C.
The rate to collocate a small wireless facility .210262.1 - 22 - SJC/SB 14 on an authority utility pole shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) per utility pole per year.
D.
An authority shall process an application for a permit to collocate a small wireless facility on an authority utility pole in accordance with Section 4 of the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act.
The authority may condition the issuance of the permit on the wireless provider's replacement of the authority utility pole if the authority determines that applicable codes or local laws concerning public safety require that replacement.
The authority shall process an application for a permit to install a replacement authority utility pole in accordance with Section 5 of the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act.
The authority shall retain ownership of the replacement utility pole.
E.
An authority may prohibit, regulate and charge e e 17 for the collocation of a small wireless facility on a wireless e e n d 18 support structure owned by the authority.
= = l ] 19 SECTION 7.
[NEW MATERIAL ] ESTABLISHMENT OF RATES, FEES a l r i 20 AND TERMS--EXTENSION OF TERM TO FULFILL DUTIES.-- t e a t A.
An authority may adopt an ordinance setting m m 21 e d forth the rates, fees and terms for implementing the Wireless r e 22 c e r c 23 Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act.
In the e a n b 24 absence of such an ordinance, an authority and a wireless u [ provider may enter into an agreement setting forth those rates, .210262.1 - 23 - SJC/SB 14 fees and terms.
Documents showing the rates, fees and terms agreed to by an authority and a wireless provider are public records.
B.
The rates, fees and terms for a wireless provider's use of a right of way as set forth in Section 3 of the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act and for access to authority utility poles as set forth in Section 6 of that act shall accord with that act, and the terms:
(1) shall be reasonable and nondiscriminatory;
(2) may include requirements that the authority has previously applied to other users of the right of way;
(3) may require that the wireless provider's operation of a small wireless facility in the right of way not interfere with the authority's public safety communications;
e e 17 (4) except as otherwise provided in Subsection e e n d 18 C of Section 5 of that act, shall not:
= = l ] 19 (a) require the placement of a small a l r i 20 wireless facility on a specific utility pole or category of t e a t poles or require multiple antenna systems on a single utility m m 21 e d pole;
or r e 22 c e r c 23 (b) restrict the placement of small e a n b 24 wireless facilities by imposing minimum horizontal spacing u [ requirements;
and .210262.1 - 24 - SJC/SB 14 (5) subject to Section 9 of that act, shall provide for the reasonable accommodation of a power supply to, and electric metering of, the small wireless facility.
C.
An agreement between an authority and a wireless provider in effect on the effective date of the Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act and that concerns the collocation of one or more small wireless facilities in a right of way, including that collocation on authority utility poles, remains in effect subject to applicable termination provisions.
A wireless provider in such an agreement may, after they become effective, accept the rates, fees and terms established in accordance with Subsection B of this section for the small wireless facilities and utility poles that are the subject of an application.
D.
If the federal government, the state or an authority declares a disaster and that disaster impedes an e e 17 authority's or wireless provider's ability to fulfill the e e n d 18 duties imposed on it by the Wireless Consumer Advanced = = l ] 19 Infrastructure Investment Act or by an ordinance adopted in a l r i 20 accordance with this section, the term under which those duties t e a t must be fulfilled is extended for a reasonable period.
m m 21 e d SECTION 8.
[NEW MATERIAL ] SCOPE OF LOCAL AUTHORITY.-- r e 22 c e r c 23 A.
Except as otherwise provided in the Wireless e a n b 24 Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act, an authority u [ may exercise its zoning, land use, planning and permitting .210262.1 - 25 - SJC/SB 14 authority and its police power for the installation, modification and replacement of wireless support structures and utility poles.
B.
An authority's power to control the design, engineering, construction, installation or operation of a small wireless facility in an interior structure or on the site of a campus, stadium or athletic facility not owned or controlled by the authority is limited to its authority to enforce compliance with applicable codes.
C.
The Wireless Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act does not authorize the state or a political subdivision of the state to require small wireless facility deployment or to regulate wireless services.
D.
If an authority determines that a utility pole or the wireless support structure of a wireless provider must be relocated to accommodate a public project, the provider e e 17 shall assume the costs of relocating the wireless facilities e e n d 18 deployed on the pole or structure.
= = l ] 19 SECTION 9.
[NEW MATERIAL ] APPLICABILITY.--The Wireless a l r i 20 Consumer Advanced Infrastructure Investment Act does not:
t e a t A.
affect the authority, under state or federal m m 21 e d law, of an investor-owned electric utility or electric r e 22 c e r c 23 cooperative that owns, controls or operates utility poles or e a n b 24 wireless support structures to deny, limit, restrict or u [ determine the rates, fees, terms and conditions for the use of, .210262.1 - 26 - SJC/SB 14 or attachment to, those poles or structures by a wireless provider;
B.
confer on an authority any zoning, land use, planning, permitting or other regulatory authority over the utility poles, wireless support structures or small wireless facilities owned, controlled or operated by an investor-owned electric utility or electric cooperative or the installation of those poles, structures or facilities by an investor-owned electric utility or electric cooperative;
C.
impose a duty, liability or restriction on any investor-owned electric utility or electric cooperative;
D.
amend, modify or otherwise affect the provisions affecting a private easement;
or E.
authorize an authority to:
(1) require of a public telecommunications company that provides telecommunications services under a e e 17 certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the e e n d 18 state an additional grant of authority to provide those = = l ] 19 services;
or a l r i 20 (2) discriminate against such a company in its t e a t use of rights of way.
m m 21 e d SECTION 10.
EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the r e 22 c e r c 23 provisions of this act is September 1, 2018.
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