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IN SB0258
Bill
Status
1/3/2018
Primary Sponsor
Mark Messmer
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AI Summary
SB 258 Summary
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Changes the deadline for designating areas for underground or buried utilities from May 1, 2017 to April 15, 2017, allowing permit authorities to prohibit new utility poles or wireless support structures in those areas if other conditions are met.
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Prohibits permit authorities from banning new utility poles or wireless support structures in residential areas designated for underground utilities between April 14, 2017 and May 1, 2017; allows resident groups to object to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) within 30 days of receiving an application.
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Requires the IURC to make a determination on resident objections within 45 days; if no determination is made within that period, the placement is automatically deemed in the public interest.
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Voids any regulations adopted between April 14, 2017 and May 1, 2017 that designate areas strictly for underground or buried utilities, except those relating to residential areas covered by subsection (d).
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Requires permit authorities with websites to post notice of small cell facility applications received after March 27, 2018, and allow neighborhood and homeowners associations to register for mail notice of such applications.
Legislative Description
Wireless communications support structures. Provides that, for purposes of the statute concerning the local permitting of support structures for wireless communications services, with respect to the construction, placement, or use of a small cell facility and the associated supporting structure, a permit authority may prohibit the placement of a new utility pole or new wireless support structure in a right-of-way within an area that is designated strictly for underground or buried utilities, if the designation is made before April 15, 2017, and if certain other conditions are met. (Current law provides that the designation concerning underground or buried utilities must
Last Action
Senator Merritt added as second author
1/29/2018