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IN HB1050
Bill
Status
3/8/2018
Primary Sponsor
David Ober
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AI Summary
- Amends Indiana Code concerning wireless facility permits to clarify regulations apply specifically to communications service providers
- Adds requirement that areas where new utility poles or wireless structures may be prohibited must have been zoned strictly for residential land use before May 1, 2017
- Limits underground utility designations adopted between April 14, 2017 and May 2, 2017 to apply only in residential areas where all existing utility infrastructure is already buried
- Allows permit authorities to permit replacement or improvement (not just replacement) of existing utility poles and wireless support structures in underground utility areas
- Declared an emergency, taking effect immediately upon passage
Legislative Description
Small cell wireless structures. Specifies that the statute concerning permits for wireless facilities and wireless support structures applies to permits issued by a permit authority to a communications service provider. Provides that a resolution, ordinance, or other regulation: (1) adopted by a permit authority after April 14, 2017, and before May 2, 2017; and (2) that designates an area within the jurisdiction of the permit authority as strictly for underground or buried utilities; applies only to communications service providers and those geographic areas that are zoned residential and where all existing utility infrastructure is already buried. Provides that, with respect
Last Action
Public Law 23
3/8/2018