page_title: One Touch Make Ready
section_title: Legality
hierarchical_section_title: One Touch Make Ready / Legality
caption_attribution_description: Under the FCC's ruling in 2016, only states which have chosen to self-regulate their utility poles can implement One Touch Make Ready legislation. This map details those states
context_page_description: One Touch Make Ready is the various statutes and local ordinances passed by various local governments and utilities in the United States, which require the owners of utility poles to allow a single construction crew to make changes to multiple utility wires.
context_section_description: Under the guidelines of the Federal Communications Commission, states are presented with two options for the regulation of their utility poles.  They can either pass legislation recognizing the right of the FCC to regulate their utility poles, or states can form their own regulatory agencies and maintain their right to self-regulate their utility poles.  As of 2016, thirty states have turned over regulatory power to the FCC, while the remaining twenty states have maintained their right to self-regulate.  All Territories of the United States and Insular areas must adopt the federal guidelines.
  According to the Federal Communications Commission in 2016, under current regulatory statutes, localities that reside in states which have forfeited their right to self-regulate their utility poles to the federal government are unable to implement One Touch Make Ready legislation in its current form.  The twenty states which maintained their right to self-regulate, and thus can pass OTMR legislation are:
  Alaska
  Arkansas
  California
  Connecticut
  Delaware
  Idaho
  Illinois
  Louisiana
  Kentucky
  Maine
  Massachusetts
  Michigan
  New Hampshire
  New Jersey
  New York
  Ohio
  Oregon
  Utah
  Vermont
  Washington
caption: States where One Touch Make Ready can legally be implemented, according to the Federal Communications Commission
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