Revision: Dec. 14, 2015, midnight
\t \t\tHB 1134 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
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\t06/10
HOUSE BILL\t1134
AN ACT\trelative to open access to broadband infrastructure.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. McConnell, Ches. 12
COMMITTEE:\tScience, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires municipalities to permit broadband Internet service providers to install certain equipment along existing public rights of way.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to open access to broadband infrastructure.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 New Paragraph; Broadband Access. Amend RSA 38:38 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
\t\tIII. A municipality shall permit broadband Internet service providers to install cable or fiber optic lines along existing roads, highways, bridges, telephone poles, water, or sewer lines. No municipality shall charge such broadband Internet service provider more that the cost of installation and maintenance of such lines.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.