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Marion County pushes back on bill language that would require counties to pay broadband relocation
Summary
Marion County’s legislative manager said staff prepared letters to state leaders opposing language in Senate Bill 818 that would require the local authority ordering a broadband relocation to pay the full expense of moving providers’ facilities.
Marion County’s legislative manager told commissioners at the March workshop he had prepared letters to state leaders expressing the county’s concerns about Senate Bill 818, which includes language that would shift the cost of relocating broadband or video service facilities to the local authority that requires the move.
“...If the authority requires a provider of broadband Internet services as defined in statute 2 8 8 9 9 6 1 2 or a cable service provider or video service provider as defined in statute 6 1 0.103 to relocate a facility used to provide such service, the service provider owning or operating such facility must perform any necessary work upon notice from the authority, and the authority requiring such…
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