Terms Used In Michigan Laws 460.1319

  • Applicant: means a wireless provider that submits an application described in this act. See Michigan Laws 460.1303
  • Authority pole: means a utility pole owned or operated by an authority and located in the ROW. See Michigan Laws 460.1303
  • 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
  • Fee: means a nonrecurring charge for services. See Michigan Laws 460.1305
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Law: means federal, state, or local law, including common law, a statute, a rule, a regulation, an order, or an ordinance. See Michigan Laws 460.1307
  • 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
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust, or other entity or organization, including an authority. See Michigan Laws 460.1307
  • Rate: means a recurring charge. See Michigan Laws 460.1307
  • ROW: means the area on, below, or above a public roadway, highway, street, alley, bridge, sidewalk, or utility easement dedicated for compatible uses. See Michigan Laws 460.1307
  • Small cell wireless facility: means a wireless facility that meets both of the following requirements:
  (i) Each antenna is located inside an enclosure of not more than 6 cubic feet in volume or, in the case of an antenna that has exposed elements, the antenna and all of its exposed elements would fit within an imaginary enclosure of not more than 6 cubic feet. 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 facility: means equipment at a fixed location that enables the provision of wireless services between user equipment and a communications network, including, but not limited to, radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cable, regular and backup power supplies, and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration. See Michigan Laws 460.1309
  • Wireless provider: means a wireless infrastructure provider or a wireless services provider. 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
    •   (1) An authority shall not enter into an exclusive arrangement with any person for the right to attach to authority poles. A person who purchases, controls, or otherwise acquires an authority pole is subject to the requirements of this section.
      (2) The rate for the collocation of small cell wireless facilities on authority poles shall be nondiscriminatory regardless of the services provided by the colocating person. The rate shall not exceed $30.00 per year per authority pole. Every 5 years after the effective date of this act, the maximum rate then authorized under this subsection is increased by 10% and rounded to the nearest dollar. This rate for the collocation of small cell wireless facilities on authority poles is in addition to any rate charged for the use of the ROW under section 13.
      (3) If, on the effective date of this act, an authority has a rate, fee, or other term in an ordinance or in an agreement with a wireless provider that does not comply with this section, the authority shall, not later than 90 days after the effective date of this act, revise the rate, fee, or term to comply with this section. Both of the following apply:
      (a) An ordinance or an agreement between an authority and a wireless provider that is in effect on the effective date of this act and that relates to the collocation on authority poles of small cell wireless facilities installed and operational before the effective date of this act remains in effect as it relates to those collocations, subject to termination provisions in the ordinance or agreement.
      (b) The rates, fees, and terms established under this section apply to the collocation on authority poles of small cell wireless facilities that are installed and operational after the rates, fees, and terms take effect.
      (4) Within 90 days after receiving the first request to colocate a small cell wireless facility on an authority pole, the authority shall make available, through ordinance or otherwise, the rates, fees, and terms for the collocation of small cell wireless facilities on the authority poles. The rates, fees, and terms shall comply with all of the following:
      (a) The rates, fees, and terms shall be nondiscriminatory, competitively neutral, and commercially reasonable and shall comply with this act.
      (b) The authority shall provide a good-faith estimate for any make-ready work within 60 days after receipt of a complete application. Make-ready work shall be completed within 60 days of written acceptance of the good-faith estimate by the applicant.
      (c) The person owning or controlling the authority pole shall not require more make-ready work than required to comply with law or industry standards.
      (d) Fees for make-ready work shall not do any of the following:
      (i) Include costs related to preexisting or prior damage or noncompliance unless the damage or noncompliance was caused by the applicant.
      (ii) Include any unreasonable consultant fees or expenses.
      (iii) Exceed actual costs imposed on a nondiscriminatory basis.
      (5) This section does not require an authority to install or maintain any specific authority pole or to continue to install or maintain authority poles in any location if the authority makes a nondiscriminatory decision to eliminate aboveground poles of a particular type generally, such as electric utility poles, in a designated area of its geographic jurisdiction. For authority poles with colocated small cell wireless facilities in place when an authority makes a decision to eliminate aboveground poles of a particular type, the authority shall do 1 of the following:
      (a) Continue to maintain the authority pole.
      (b) Install and maintain a reasonable alternative pole or wireless support structure for the collocation of the small cell wireless facility.
      (c) Offer to sell the pole to the wireless provider at a reasonable cost.
      (d) Allow the wireless provider to install its own utility pole so it can maintain service from that location.
      (e) Proceed as provided by an agreement between the authority and the wireless provider.

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