FL H0693

Municipalities and counties must treat communications service providers in a nondiscriminatory manner and cannot require individual licenses or franchises as a condition for placing facilities in public rights-of-way

Provider registration limited to basic information (name, contact, certificate number, insurance proof); municipalities cannot require facility inventories, maps, or charge registration fees

Permit fees capped at $100 for municipalities/charter counties that elected to require them as of January 1, 2019; fees prohibited for service drop lines, non-disruptive activities, and micro wireless facilities

Small wireless facilities limited to 10 feet above utility poles; new utility poles limited to height of tallest existing pole within 500 feet or 50 feet if none exists; applications deemed approved if not acted upon within 60 days

Authorities may require objective design standards for small wireless facilities including location context, color, and concealment requirements; annual collocation rate on authority utility poles capped at $150 per pole