Terms Used In Michigan Laws 460.1305

  • Colocate: means to install, mount, maintain, modify, operate, or replace wireless facilities on or adjacent to a wireless support structure or utility pole. See Michigan Laws 460.1305
  • Communications facility: means the set of equipment and network components, including wires, cables, antennas, and associated facilities, used by a communications service provider to provide communications service. See Michigan Laws 460.1305
  • Communications service: means service provided over a communications facility, including cable service as defined in 47 USC 522, information service as defined in 47 USC 153, telecommunications service as defined in 47 USC 153, or wireless service. See Michigan Laws 460.1305
  • Historic district: means a historic district established under section 3 of the local historic districts act, 1970 PA 169, MCL 399. See Michigan Laws 460.1305
  • Make-ready work: means work necessary to enable an authority pole or utility pole to support collocation, which may include modification or replacement of utility poles or modification of lines. See Michigan Laws 460.1307
  • Utility pole: means a pole or similar structure that is or may be used in whole or in part for cable or wireline communications service, electric distribution, lighting, traffic control, signage, or a similar function, or a pole or similar structure that meets the height requirements in section 13(5) and is designed to support small cell wireless facilities. See Michigan Laws 460.1309
  • Wireless support structure: means a freestanding structure designed to support or capable of supporting small cell wireless facilities. See Michigan Laws 460.1309
  As used in this act:
  (a) “Colocate” means to install, mount, maintain, modify, operate, or replace wireless facilities on or adjacent to a wireless support structure or utility pole. “Collocation” has a corresponding meaning. Colocate does not include make-ready work or the installation of a new utility pole or new wireless support structure.
  (b) “Communications facility” means the set of equipment and network components, including wires, cables, antennas, and associated facilities, used by a communications service provider to provide communications service.
  (c) “Communication space” means that term as defined in the “National Electric Safety Code” published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
  (d) “Communications service” means service provided over a communications facility, including cable service as defined in 47 USC 522, information service as defined in 47 USC 153, telecommunications service as defined in 47 USC 153, or wireless service.
  (e) “Communications service provider” means any entity that provides communications services.
  (f) “County road commission” means that term as defined in section 19b of 1909 PA 283, MCL 224.19b.
  (g) “FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission.
  (h) “Fee” means a nonrecurring charge for services.
  (i) “Historic district” means a historic district established under section 3 of the local historic districts act, 1970 PA 169, MCL 399.203, or a group of buildings, properties, or sites that are either listed in the National Register of Historic Places or formally determined eligible for listing by the Keeper of the National Register, the individual who has been delegated the authority by the federal agency to list properties and determine their eligibility for the National Register, in accordance with Section VI.D.1.a.i-v of the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement codified at 47 C.F.R. part 1, appendix C.
  (j) “Independent transmission company” means that term as defined in section 2 of the electric transmission line certification act, 1995 PA 30, MCL 460.562.