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AR SB263

Bill

Status

Passed

3/17/2021

Primary Sponsor

Kim Hammer

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Origin

Senate

93rd General Assembly (2021 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Expands the existing prohibition on attaching signs to utility poles to clarify it applies to poles "used to provide utility, cable, telecommunication, or broadband services" and maintains exceptions for warning, safety, and identification signs by utility companies.

  • Authorizes municipalities to allow temporary attachments of the United States flag, state flag, or municipal flag to municipally-owned poles through adoption of an ordinance.

  • Requires municipal flag attachment ordinances to include restrictions on size (height and length), type of attachment, roadway visibility, dates of placement, and employee safety protections for pole climbing.

  • Prohibits municipal ordinances from allowing attachments in state highway rights-of-way or authorizing members of the public to install attachments on municipal poles.

  • Adds municipalities to the list of entities entitled to nondiscriminatory access for pole attachments from public utilities, alongside electric utilities, telecommunications providers, cable television services, and cable internet access services.

Legislative Description

To Regulate The Attachment Of Signs To Utility Poles.

Last Action

Notification that SB263 is now Act 377

3/17/2021

Committee Referrals

City, County and Local Affairs3/4/2021
City, County & Local Affairs2/2/2021

Full Bill Text

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