(A) Within thirty days after written request by any authority with a population of greater than twenty-seven thousand according to the official 2010 United States Decennial Census and with which the applicant has not previously held a meeting that complies with this section, an applicant shall meet with the requesting authority to inform the authority in good faith:

(1) when the applicant expects to commence deployment of small wireless facilities and poles within the authority pursuant to this article;

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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 58-11-930

  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC
  • public: means the public generally, or any limited portion of the public, including a person or corporation. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10

(2) the number of small wireless facilities and poles it expects to deploy during the twenty-four months after commencement; and

(3) the expected timing of such deployments.

(B) All documents or other information provided by the applicant in the course of, or in association with, any meetings provided for in this section:

(1) are presumed to be ‘trade secrets’ as defined in § 30-4-40(a)(1);

(2) are not public information under the Freedom of Information Act; and

(3) are not subject to public disclosure.

(C) The pendency of a meeting requested pursuant to this section shall not relieve an authority from reviewing and acting upon applications that have been or are submitted as set forth in this article.