Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to drainage or levee districts, by exempting an application fee that may be charged to certain persons applying for an easement to install fiber optic cable, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Ways and Means Committee
Topics:Cities & countiesTechnology & privacy
Same legislation: HSB 754
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 24, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 24, 2026
- Done: House committeeApril 15, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Local leaders who manage drainage or levee districts can no longer charge application fees to local fiber optic companies or contractors who want to install cables on district land. These districts are allowed to create and share a list of the specific local businesses that qualify for this fee waiver.1
Read the official explanation
, a county board of supervisors or board of trustees) may approve an easement on, over, across, or beneath the land of the district.186(1)). This bill provides that the governing body cannot charge an administrative fee for considering, approving, or disapproving an application for an easement to install fiber optic cable by a person whose business is primarily locally operated as a contractor or fiber optic network company. The drainage district may prepare and publish a list of local contractors and fiber optic network companies that will not be charged the administrative fee. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
House subcommittee
Named February 24, 2026 (as HSB 754). On March 3, 2026 it recommended passage.
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