HB 1068 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Broadband service; prescriptive easements.

Summary
Broadband service; prescriptive easements. Provides that if a public service company has acquired a prescriptive easement pursuant to which it has the right to poles and wires to provide electric service, its rights under that prescriptive easement shall be deemed to include the right to grant to a provider of broadband or other telecommunications services the rights to attach its wires and facilities to the public service company's poles and to enter upon the right-of-way to install and maintain the wires and facilities without the approval of the owner of the servient tract of land.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Last action Feb 11, 2020
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Committee
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Feb 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Assigned CT & I sub: Communications
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102905D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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