Kentucky Senate Bill 361

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 28 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-03-01 - to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
Pending: Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 224A.1123 to remove the requirement that an eligible pole replacement be located in an unserved area; allow for an eligible pole replacement to be made in order to provide qualifying broadband service access to underserved areas; include a pole owner as an eligible applicant for a pole replacement if it has received written notification from a qualified broadband service provider of the provider's planned route for deploying qualifying broadband service and the pole owner replaces a pole along the planned route that would not otherwise need to be replaced except to accommodate broadband facilities; require that a retail provider of qualifying broadband service reimburse the rural infrastructure improvement fund for eligible pole replacement costs paid to a utility pole owner if the retail broadband provider changed its planned deployment route after the pole owner replaced a pole and received reimbursement from the fund for making the replacement.

AN ACT relating to utility pole replacement.

Sen. Gex Williams [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-01	Senate	to Natural Resources & Energy (S)
2024-02-28	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2024-02-28	Senate	introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24RS/sb361.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/24RS/sb361/orig_bill.pdf