Utility easements; fiber optic cable.

Utility easements. Provides that any utilityeasement, granted before, on, or after July 1, 2020, whether granted publicly or privately, by statute, local ordinance, deed, or otherrecorded instrument, or by prescription, shall be deemed to includethe laying, hanging, and maintenance of fiber optic cable. The billfurther provides that any utility easement shall also be deemed toinclude access over private or public lands to permit the granteeto have physical access to such cable, unless the instrument grantingthe easement was recorded prior to July 1, 2020, and specificallystates otherwise.