Utility pole attachments; broadband service providers. (HB2325)
Introduced By
Del. Randy Minchew (R-Leesburg) with support from co-patron Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Winchester)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Utility pole attachments; broadband service providers. Requires each public utility, including electric cooperatives, to provide broadband service providers with neutral and nondiscriminatory access to any pole, duct, conduit, or right-of-way it owns or controls. The State Corporation Commission (SCC) is authorized to determine just and reasonable rates, terms, conditions, and costs for such attachments to its poles. The existing provisions that address pole attachments by telecommunications service providers and cable television systems are conformed to these new provisions for broadband service providers. The SCC is directed, in implementing the provisions of this measure, to rely on interpretations by the Federal Communications Commission and the federal judiciary of terms and concepts included in this measure that are used or defined in the pole attachments section of the federal Communications Act. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/22/2015 | Presented and ordered printed 15103189D |
01/22/2015 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
01/27/2015 | Assigned C & L sub: Special Subcommittee on Energy |
01/28/2015 | Impact statement from SCC (HB2325) |
02/03/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104648D-H1 |
02/03/2015 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table |
02/10/2015 | Left in Commerce and Labor |