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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PRESTON, GEORGE, GODSHALL, BARBIN, BROWNLEE, CALTAGIRONE, FABRIZIO, MILLER AND YOUNGBLOOD, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Providing for the Cell Tower and Antenna Siting on Commonwealth |
2 | Property Act; and imposing duties on the Office of |
3 | Administration. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Short title. |
7 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Cell Tower |
8 | and Antenna Siting on Commonwealth Property Act. |
9 | Section 2. Single point of contact. |
10 | The Office of Administration is designated as the single |
11 | point of contact for Commonwealth agencies for siting cell |
12 | towers and antennas on Commonwealth property. |
13 | Section 3. Process. |
14 | The Office of Administration shall develop a process to |
15 | manage siting cell phone towers and antennas on Commonwealth |
16 | property that shall include the following: |
17 | (1) Establishing the Office of Public Safety Radio |
18 | Systems or another office as a managing entity. |
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1 | (2) Establishing a process to develop market-based costs |
2 | for use of the cell tower. |
3 | (3) Establishing insurance and bond requirements. |
4 | (4) Being the liaison agency to work with the agency |
5 | owning the Commonwealth property. This shall include |
6 | reviewing requests for conformance with property owning |
7 | agency's goals such as the maintenance of park vistas. |
8 | (5) Encouraging the collocation of facilities on |
9 | existing towers to restrict unnecessary proliferation of |
10 | towers. |
11 | (6) Requiring new towers to have the capacity for future |
12 | collocation of facilities, if possible. |
13 | Section 4. Inventory. |
14 | The Office of Administration, with the assistance of relevant |
15 | Commonwealth agencies, shall undertake a complete inventory of |
16 | cell phone towers located on Commonwealth property. |
17 | Section 5. Review. |
18 | The Office of Administration shall review the leases, |
19 | licenses and contracts in place with cell phone companies to |
20 | ensure that lease rates are commensurate with the locations of |
21 | towers and their accompanying equipment. |
22 | Section 20. Effective date. |
23 | This act shall take effect in 90 days. |
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