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GA SB411
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/20/2020
Primary Sponsor
John Kennedy
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AI Summary
- Cited as the "Georgia Broadband Opportunity Act," the bill requires all electric membership corporations (EMCs) to charge nondiscriminatory rates for utility pole attachments by communications service providers, capped at the federal annual recurring rate established under 47 U.S.C. Section 224(d) as of January 1, 2020
- EMCs must charge no fee for pole attachments in unserved areas for 10 years when agreements are renewed, extended, or newly entered into, provided the attachment will result in broadband service deployment
- EMCs must establish nondiscriminatory, competitively neutral, and commercially reasonable terms and conditions for pole attachments consistent with federal FCC rules as they existed on January 1, 2020
- EMCs are prohibited from requiring communications service providers to meet pole attachment specifications exceeding those in the National Electrical Safety Code, applicable fire safety codes, or locally adopted building codes
- The Georgia Public Service Commission is granted jurisdiction over all EMCs to enforce compliance and must provide expedited adjudication of complaints, with authority to engage an administrative law judge
Legislative Description
Electric Membership Corporations; comply with certain requirements in determining the rates for attachments to utility poles by communications service providers; require
Last Action
Senate Tabled
3/12/2020
Full Bill Text
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