SB0041 Summary

• Amends the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act to require wireless providers to submit additional documentation including radio frequency compliance affidavits, acoustic level reports, FCC environmental review information, and easement documentation when seeking collocation permits.

• Increases the distance threshold for authorities to propose alternative utility poles from 100 feet to 200 feet of the proposed collocation site.

• Clarifies that wireless facility replacements are not "substantially similar" if they vary significantly in design, increase power output or frequency, change location on the pole, increase signal strength, or modify other key components; such changes require standard permitting.

• Authorizes authorities to adopt reasonable rules requiring wireless providers to place above-ground facilities underground and replace larger, more visually intrusive facilities with smaller ones where feasible.

• Creates new Section 45 establishing radio frequency compliance requirements, including ongoing monitoring, quarterly or annual certification reporting to authorities, and penalties up to $750 per day for violations of FCC radio frequency emission standards.