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House Study Bill 167

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  480B.1  ACCESS TO PREMISES –
  1  2 LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS AND CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDERS.
  1  3    1.  An owner or manager of a commercial building or
  1  4 multiple-unit residential building under common ownership,
  1  5 control, or management, or a condominium association or board
  1  6 of directors of a condominium association shall not prohibit
  1  7 or prevent a provider from providing service to a customer or
  1  8 subscriber who is a resident of a commercial building,
  1  9 multiple-unit residential building, or condominium, or
  1 10 interfere with a provider providing service to a customer or
  1 11 subscriber who is a resident of a commercial building,
  1 12 multiple-unit residential building, or condominium.
  1 13    2.  A provider, prior to installation of facilities used to
  1 14 provide service, shall consult with the owner or manager of a
  1 15 commercial building or multiple-unit residential building, or
  1 16 with the condominium association or board of directors of a
  1 17 condominium association to establish points of attachment to
  1 18 the building and the method of attachment associated with
  1 19 providing service to a customer or subscriber.  A provider
  1 20 shall design such facilities to minimize adverse effects on
  1 21 the aesthetics of the commercial building, multiple-unit
  1 22 residential building, or condominium, and install such
  1 23 facilities in a manner to provide safe and orderly service.
  1 24 Such facilities shall not threaten public safety, damage fire
  1 25 protection systems, or impair fire-resistive construction or
  1 26 components of a multiple-unit residential building or
  1 27 condominium.  Ownership of such facilities remains with the
  1 28 provider.
  1 29    3.  A provider is responsible for any repairs to a building
  1 30 required because of the construction, installation,
  1 31 disconnection, or servicing of the provider's facilities.
  1 32    4.  For purposes of this section, unless the context
  1 33 otherwise requires:
  1 34    a.  "Certified local exchange carrier" means a local
  1 35 exchange carrier issued a certificate of public convenience
  2  1 issued by the utilities board pursuant to section 476.29.
  2  2    b.  "Franchised provider of cable television" means a
  2  3 person granted a franchise to provide cable television service
  2  4 by a city pursuant to chapter 364.
  2  5    c.  "Provider" means a certified local exchange carrier or
  2  6 a franchised provider of cable television.  
  2  7                           EXPLANATION
  2  8    This bill provides that an owner or manager of a commercial
  2  9 building or multiple-unit residential building under common
  2 10 ownership, control, or management, or the association or board
  2 11 of directors of a condominium, shall not prohibit or prevent a
  2 12 certified local exchange carrier or a franchised provider of
  2 13 cable television from providing service to a customer or
  2 14 subscriber who is a resident of a commercial building,
  2 15 multiple-unit residential building, or condominium, or
  2 16 interfere with such provider providing service to a customer
  2 17 or subscriber who is a resident of a commercial building,
  2 18 multiple-unit residential building, or condominium.  A
  2 19 certified local exchange carrier or a franchised provider of
  2 20 cable television, prior to installation of facilities used to
  2 21 provide service, shall consult with the owner or manager of a
  2 22 commercial building or multiple-unit residential building, or
  2 23 with the association or board of directors of a condominium,
  2 24 to establish points of attachment to the building and the
  2 25 method of attachment associated with providing service to a
  2 26 customer or subscriber.
  2 27    The bill requires a provider to design such facilities to
  2 28 minimize adverse effects on the structure, and to install such
  2 29 facilities in a manner to provide safe and orderly service.
  2 30 The bill provides that the provider maintains ownership of the
  2 31 facilities after installation and is responsible for any
  2 32 repairs to a building required because of the construction,
  2 33 installation, disconnection, or servicing of the provider's
  2 34 facilities.  
  2 35 LSB 2170HC 78
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