Bills › 89th General Assembly
SSB 3057
Topics:Business & economy
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2022
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 2, 2022
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 2189
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 2189 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 2189 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Government agencies that manage roads can no longer force utility companies to use the agency's own pipes or conduits just to get access to a public road. Instead, these agencies must allow utility companies to use their own equipment for broadband projects. This rule ensures that all companies have fair and equal access to the roads and existing infrastructure.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits a governmental body which exercises jurisdiction over roadways (agency) from requiring a public utility to place utility facilities within an agency-owned conduit as a condition of accessing a public road. An agency in control of a road must provide nondiscriminatory access to the road and nondiscriminatory access to an agency-owned conduit for projects related to broadband infrastructure. Current law is silent as to whether an agency can require a public utility to use an agency’s conduit as a condition of accessing a public road.
Changed since by amendment H-8031; see Amendments.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 25, 2022. On January 26, 2022 it recommended amendment and passage.
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