An Act To Require Owners of Utility Facilities To Accommodate the Installation of Traffic Control Signals and To Permit the University of Maine System To Construct Lines on Public Rights-of-way
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1360
Committee Amendment CA_A_S153 (Senate)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §2301-A

Majority 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT '~_" to S.P. 474, L.D. 1360, Bill, "An Act To 
Require Owners of Utility Facilities To Accommodate the Installation of Traffic Control 
Signals and To Permit the University of Maine System To Construct Lines on Public 
Rights-of-way" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Permit the University of Maine System To Install Lines on Utility 
Facilities in Public Rights-of-way' 
Amend the bi II by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 (page 1, lines 11 to 39 in L.D.) 
and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §2301-A is enacted to read: 
§2301-A. University of Maine System may install lines on existing facilities 
The University of Maine System may install wires or lines on existing utility facilities 
located within or along a public right-of-way for the purpose of transmitting data and 
communications between and among University of Maine System facilities and 
partnering entities, wherever located, subject to the conditions and restrictions provided 
in this chapter and chapter 25. For purposes of this section, "lines" does not include 
utility poles and "partnering entities" means organizations, wherever located, authorized 
to use the university'S regional optical network for education and research institutions or 
other university data and communications systems.' 
Amend the bill in section 3 in subsection 2 in the 2nd line from the end (page 2, line 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "2301" and inserting the following: '2301-A' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A " to S.P. 474, L.D. 1360 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment strikes the 
provision of the bill regarding attachment of traffic control devices to utility facilities in 
or on a public right-of-way. The amendment changes the provision of the bill relating to 
the University of Maine System to specify that the authority granted to the university 
system is limited to the installation of lines or wires on existing utility facilities located in 
public rights-of-way. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05121/07 frac=. 
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LD 1360 
LR 1720(02) 
An Act To Require Owners of Utility Facilities To Accommodate the Installation of Traffic Control 
Signals and To Permit the University of Maine System To Construct Lines on Public Rights-of-way 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A II 
Committee: Utilities and Energy 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund 
Any additional costs to the Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Transportation can be absorbed 
utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
LRI720(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1