CS/CS/HB 687 - Advanced Wireless Infrastructure Deployment Act

• Authorizes the Department of Transportation and local governments to regulate placement of voice, data, and wireless communications facilities on public rights-of-way while prohibiting restrictions on small wireless facility collocation in most cases.

• Establishes a $150 maximum annual fee per pole for small wireless facilities on authority utility poles and requires nondiscriminatory, competitively neutral rates and terms.

• Exempts routine maintenance, replacement of substantially similar wireless facilities, and micro wireless facilities suspended on cables from requiring approval or fees.

• Establishes application processing requirements including 14-day completeness review, 60-day approval timeline, and alternative location negotiation procedures within 30 days.

• Carves out exceptions for retirement communities with more than 5,000 residents with underground utilities, coastal barrier island municipalities under 5 square miles, and locations subject to homeowners' association restrictions.

• Takes effect July 1, 2017.