§ 58-11-920 — Conditioning access to ROW on wireless provider's seeking or obtaining certificate or other authority from Public Service Commission of South Carolina.

(A) Neither the State nor any agency, department, or instrumentality thereof may condition a wireless provider's access to any ROW or a wireless provider's deployment of small wireless facilities and associated poles in any ROW on the wireless provider's seeking or obtaining any certificate or other authority from the Public Service Commission of South Carolina. (B) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (A): (1) a wireless services provider seeking access to a ROW as described in subsection (A) may be required to provide proof that it is licensed by the FCC or otherwise authorized to provide wireless services within the State; and (2) a wireless provider seeking access to a ROW as described in subsection (A) that is not also a wireless services provider may be required to submit an attestation that a wireless services provider has requested in writing that the wireless provider deploy small wireless facilities or associated poles at the requested location and provide proof that such wireless services provider is licensed by the FCC or otherwise authorized to provide service within the State. (C) To the extent that an authority is otherwise authorized to address a wireless provider's deployment of small wireless facilities and associated poles in the ROW of the State or of any agency, department, or instrumentality thereof, the authority must do so in strict compliance with the provisions of this article.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2020 Act No. 179 (H.4262), SECTION 1, eff September 29, 2020.