SF 560 (LSB 2400SV (1) 88)

SENATE FILE 560

BY  COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1195)

(COMPANION TO HF 487 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY)

A BILL FOR

An Act related to installations of certain wireless telecommunications infrastructure in the state, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 8C.3, Code 2019, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  14.  a.  Reject an application, in whole or in part, for the installation of a tower or transmission equipment in the unincorporated area of a county with a population of less than fifteen thousand, except for on property zoned and used exclusively for single-family residential use or within a previously designated area of historical significance pursuant to section 303.34, upon written confirmation from the statewide interoperable communications system board established in section 80.28, that the tower or transmission equipment is intended to be installed and used as part of the state plan approved under 47 U.S.C. §1442(e) for the deployment of the nationwide public safety broadband network or radio access network. For purposes of this subsection, “nationwide public safety broadband network” and “radio access network” mean the same as those terms are defined in 47 U.S.C. §1401.
   b.  This subsection is repealed two years after the effective date of this Act.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to installations of certain wireless telecommunications infrastructure in Iowa pursuant to Code chapter 8C. Code chapter 8C, the “Iowa Cell Siting Act”, provides uniform rules and limitations for installations of wireless telecommunications infrastructure in the state, including rules related to applications for such installations.
   The bill provides that an authority, or governing body authorized to make decisions relative to an application, shall not reject an application for the installation of a tower or transmission equipment in the unincorporated area of a county with a population of less than 15,000, except for on certain residential or historical property, upon written confirmation from the statewide interoperable communications system board, that the tower or equipment is intended to be installed and used as part of the state plan approved under specified federal law for the deployment of the nationwide public safety broadband network or radio access network. The bill includes by reference definitions for “nationwide public safety broadband network” and “radio access network”.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment and is repealed two years after it takes effect.