HB 1078  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2348

10/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1078

 

AN ACT relative to first responder organization access to wireless tower co-location.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15; Rep. Bernardy, Rock. 36; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 14

 

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill grants first responder organizations of a town, city, county, or the state access to uppermost locations on any new or existing antenna mounts or towers.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2348

10/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to first responder organization access to wireless tower co-location.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Deployment of Personal Wireless Service Facilities; Access by First Responder Organizations.  Amend RSA 12-K:1, V-a to read as follows:

V-a.(a) It is the policy of this state to facilitate the provision of broadband and other advanced personal wireless services across the state; and to promote access to broadband and advanced personal wireless services for all residents, students, government agencies, and businesses to ensure the availability of educational opportunities, economic development, and public safety services throughout New Hampshire. Deployment of personal wireless service facilities infrastructure is also critical to ensuring that first responders can provide for the health and safety of all residents of New Hampshire. Consistent with the federal Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Public Law 112-96, section 6409, which creates a national wireless emergency communications network for use by first responders that will be dependent on facilities placed on existing antenna mounts or towers, it is the policy of this state to facilitate the collocation of personal wireless services facilities on existing antenna mounts or towers in all areas of New Hampshire, while also allowing for expeditious modification of existing personal wireless service facilities to keep pace with technological improvements.

(b)  In accordance with subparagraph (a), a first responder organization of a town, city, county, or the state, in that priority order, shall be granted access to one location with in the uppermost 20 feet on any new antenna mounts or towers.  On an existing antenna mount or tower, the town, city, county and the state shall have access to the uppermost available location.  This requirement includes antenna cable and all other necessary radio and communication equipment, to be housed on site.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.