HB 2365 Summary

• Amends Arizona law to regulate wireless provider deployment of small wireless facilities, utility poles, and monopoles in public rights-of-way by cities, towns, and counties.

• Prohibits exclusive arrangements between authorities and wireless providers for construction and operation of utility poles or collocation of small wireless facilities; requires nondiscriminatory and competitively neutral rates and fees limited to direct management costs.

• Classifies small wireless facilities as permitted uses in rights-of-way not subject to zoning review; establishes streamlined 75-day application approval timeframe with automatic approval if deadline is missed.

• Limits application fees to $750 for utility pole permits and $100-$150 for small wireless facility permits; caps annual rates for small wireless facilities on authority-owned poles at $50 per pole.

• Applies similar provisions to county-regulated areas outside of municipal jurisdictions, allowing wireless infrastructure deployment while preserving county zoning authority for areas outside rights-of-way.