HI HB625

Establishes a collocation permitting process for wireless and wireline providers to install broadband infrastructure on state-owned and county-owned utility poles and light standards.

Creates definitions for small wireless or wireline facilities, small wireless or wireline facilities networks, utility poles, light standards, and related broadband equipment in Hawaii Revised Statutes chapters 27 and 46.

Requires applications to include geographic project descriptions, utility pole/light standard information, equipment specifications, and structural loading analysis complying with the National Electrical Safety Code.

Designates small wireless or wireline facilities as permitted uses in public rights-of-way, rural districts, agricultural districts, and urban districts; requires special or conditional use permits only in conservation districts.

Sets annual collocation fees at $100 per state-owned or county-owned utility pole or light standard and prohibits providers from excluding competitors from accessing solely state- or county-owned poles.

Takes effect May 22, 2050, but applies to permit applications filed after January 1, 2019.