HOUSE BILL No. 6667

 

November 29, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Proos, Nofs, Hildenbrand, Green, Moore, Ball, Caul, Pearce, Emmons, Accavitti, Mayes, Hansen, Booher, Pavlov and Elsenheimer and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 2002 PA 48, entitled

 

"Metropolitan extension telecommunications rights-of-way oversight

act,"

 

by amending section 5 (MCL 484.3105).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5. (1) A provider using or seeking to use public rights-

 

of-way in a metropolitan area for its telecommunication facilities

 

shall obtain a permit under section 15 from the municipality and

 

pay all fees required under this act. Authorizations or permits

 

previously obtained from a municipality under section 251 of the

 

Michigan telecommunications act, 1991 PA 179, MCL 484.2251, satisfy

 

the permit requirement of this section.

 

     (2) A provider asserting rights under 1883 PA 129, MCL 484.1


 

to 484.10, is subject to the permit and fee requirements of this

 

act.

 

     (3) Within 180 days from the effective date of this act, a

 

provider with facilities located in a public right-of-way as of the

 

effective date of this act that has not previously obtained

 

authorization or a permit under section 251 of the Michigan

 

telecommunications act, 1991 PA 179, MCL 484.2251, shall submit an

 

application for a permit to each municipality in which the provider

 

has facilities located in a public right-of-way. A provider

 

submitting an application under this subsection is not required to

 

pay the administrative fee required under section 6(4).

 

     (4) The authority may, for good cause, allow a provider up to

 

an additional 180 days to submit the application required under

 

subsection (3).

 

     (3) No later than March 1 of each year, a provider with

 

facilities in this state shall file with the commission a report

 

that identifies the total number of access lines, by exchanges,

 

that the provider has in this state.