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Debate over pole‑attachment bill centers on safety and broadband deployment timelines
Summary
HB 695 would require pole owners with broadband grant recipients or affiliates to adopt FCC‑style attachment terms for grant‑funded projects; electric co‑ops warned it targets a single cooperative and could shift safety liability, while broadband proponents said the narrow change would prevent grant deployment delays.
Representative Larry Brewster introduced HB 695 to address pole‑attachment disputes affecting broadband deployments funded with public grants. The bill, as presented, would require a pole owner that received broadband grant funding and whose affiliate offers broadband service to enter an attachment agreement aligned with federal FCC formulas; if agreement cannot be reached, the bill names a specific judicial…
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