Bill > H2894

This bill allows cities and towns to prohibit the use of "double poles" by utility companies for longer than ninety days, which are poles that support both electricity and telecommunications equipment. Currently, state law permits these double poles, but this legislation would grant local governments the authority to enact ordinances or bylaws to restrict their use beyond the ninety-day period. Violations of these local rules could result in fines of up to two hundred dollars per day for each occurrence.