Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 9:42 a.m.
HB 1111 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2051
10/06
HOUSE BILL 1111
AN ACT relative to the removal and replacement of telephone and electric poles.
SPONSORS: Rep. Grote, Rock. 24; Rep. K. Murray, Rock. 24; Rep. Cannon, Straf. 18; Rep. Woodcock, Carr. 2; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a required schedule for the completion of the removal and replacement of telephone and electric poles by a distribution, electric, or telephone company.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2051
10/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to the removal and replacement of telephone and electric poles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Telephone and Electric Poles; Removal and Replacement. RSA 231:181 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
231:181 Schedule for Removal and Replacement. A distribution company, electric company, or telephone company engaging in the removal of an existing pole and the installation of a new pole in place thereof shall complete the transfer of wires, all repairs, and the removal of the existing pole from the site within 90 days from the date of installation of the new pole; provided, however, that for any approved commercial or industrial construction project, the completion of which is expected to take longer than one year, said company shall be required to remove such pole within 6 months from the date of installation of the new pole. The owner of such pole shall notify all other users of the starting date of such removal and installation work at least 48 hours prior to the commencement of such work, and said owner shall require all other users to remove their wiring and other attachments from the poles in a timely manner.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.