Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB695: Establish pole attachment rules and enforcement
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing pole attachment rules and enforcement; providing definitions; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING POLE ATTACHMENT RULES AND ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Competitive access to poles -- enforcement -- definitions. (1) A pole owner shall allow attachers to access all its poles in accordance with the rules, regulations, and orders of the federal communications commission promulgated under 47 U.S.C. 224 or any successor regulation and (b) a pole owner or its affiliate offers broadband service to its subscribers or has committed to offer broadband service with its receipt of broadband grant funding. (2) Any grant agreement entered into by the department for the provision of broadband grant funding must require an applicant to comply with, and must commit any affiliate of the applicant that is a pole owner to comply with subsection (1) throughout its in-state service territory. An agreement entered into prior to [the effective date of this chapter] must be amended to ensure compliance with this chapter. (3) An attacher aggrieved by a pole owner's failure to comply with subsection (1) may bring civil action in the district court of the first judicial district, Lewis and Clark County, and the court must have jurisdiction over the action. If an attacher prevails in the …
Sponsors
- Brewster, Larry (R, 43) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Utilities, Corporations
Common questions
- What is HB695?
- HB695 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Establish pole attachment rules and enforcement.
- What does HB695 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing pole attachment rules and enforcement; providing definitions; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of HB695?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB695?
- Brewster, Larry (R, 43).
- Where is the official record for HB695?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4018
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