Indiana House Bill 1429 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-17 - First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
Pending: House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Communications infrastructure in utility easement. Provides that if an electricity supplier provides a property owner with notice of the electricity supplier's intent to: (1) install new communications infrastructure; or (2) allow: (A) an affiliated entity of the electricity supplier; or (B) a communications service provider; to install new communications infrastructure; within an electric easement on the property, the property owner shall allow the electricity supplier, affiliated entity, or communications service provider to access the electric easement for purposes of the attachment or installation of communications infrastructure within the electric easement. Provides that a property owner is not entitled to damages for a decrease in the value of the property caused by an electricity supplier's use of an electric easement on the property for communications infrastructure if an appraisal of the property cannot determine a value for the property due to a lack of comparable properties.

Communications infrastructure in utility easement.

Rep. John Prescott [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-17	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
2023-01-17	House	Authored by Representative Prescott

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1429/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1429/#1.INTR