| 1 | 1 | | FIRSTREGULARSESSION |
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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSEBILLNO.1135 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY |
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| 4 | 4 | | INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEFALKNER. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 2514H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk |
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| 6 | 6 | | ANACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | Toamendchapter319,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtounderground |
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| 8 | 8 | | telecommunicationsfacilities,withpenaltyprovisions. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SectionA.Chapter319,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe |
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| 11 | 11 | | 2knownassection319.065,toreadasfollows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 319.065.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 2 (1)"Abandonedlinesandfacilities",anytelecommunicationorcabletelevision |
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| 14 | 14 | | 3linesandfacilitiesthatarenolongerinuseormaintainedbytheowner; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 4 (2)"Owner",anytelecommunicationorcabletelevisioncompanythatowns |
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| 16 | 16 | | 5linesandfacilities; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 6 (3)"Publicrights-of-way",theareaon,below,oraboveapublicroadway, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 7highway,street,sidewalk,alley,orsimilarpropertyusedforpublictravel,butnot |
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| 19 | 19 | | 8includingfederalinterstatehighways,railroadrights-of-way,orprivateeasements. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 9 2.Ownersoftelecommunicationandcabletelevisionlinesandfacilitiesshall |
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| 21 | 21 | | 10removeanyabandonedlinesorfacilitieslocatedinpublicrights-of-waywithinone |
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| 22 | 22 | | 11hundredeightydaysofabandonment. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 12 3.Ownersshallnotifytherelevantmunicipal,county,orstateagencyand |
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| 24 | 24 | | 13provideaplanforremovalwithinthirtydaysofabandonment. |
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| 25 | 25 | | 14 4.Ownersfailingtoremoveabandonedlinesorfacilitieswithinthespecified |
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| 26 | 26 | | 15timeframeshallbesubjecttoafineoffivehundreddollarsperdayuntilremovalis |
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| 27 | 27 | | 16completedandresponsibleforreimbursinganycostsincurredduetocontactwith |
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| 28 | 28 | | 17abandonedlinesandfacilitiesduringotherinfrastructureprojects. |
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| 29 | 29 | | EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis |
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| 30 | 30 | | intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 5.Therelevantmunicipal,county,orstateagencyshallenforcetheprovisionsof |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19thissection. |
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| 32 | 32 | | âś” |
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| 33 | 33 | | HB1135 2 |
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