An Act To Lower the Costs of Broadband Service by Coordinating the Installation of Broadband Infrastructure
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1472
Committee Amendment CA_A_H643 (House)
Amends: 35-A MRSA §2503

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A,, to H.P. 1011, L.D. 1472, Bill, "An Act To 
Lower the Costs of Broadband Service by Coordinating the Installation of Broadband 
Infrastructure" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §2503, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6, is 
amended to read: 
2. Notice. The applicant may give public notice of the application by publishing its 
description of the proposed facility once in a newspaper circulated in the municipality or 
municipalities encompassing the limits of the proposed location. The applicant shall send 
a copy of any application filed with the Department of Transportation to the municipal 
clerk of each municipality in which the facilities are located, or to the clerk of the county 
commissioners in the case of facilities within an unorganized township, except that the 
applicant may, without publication of its application, place its facility described in its 
application on receipt of a permit from the licensing authority as may be otherwise 
provided. If a proposed facility is located underground and is in excess of 500 feet in 
length, the applicant shall. within 5 busirtess days of suoriiitting rui application · to the 
applicable licensing authority, provide the ConnectME Authority established in Title 5, 
section 12004-G. subsection 33-F a notice that includes a description and the location of 
the proposed~facility. 
Sec. 2. 35-A M:RSA §9204-A, sub-§6-A is enacted to read: 
6-A. Notice of construction. The authority shall disseminate infonnation about a 
proposed underground facility that it receives in accordance with section 2503, subsection 
in a manner that is accessible to all parties that may be interested in installing a 
broadband conduit in the area of the proposed underground facility.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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CO:tv!MITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 1011, L.D. 1472 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. It requires an applicant for a permit for a proposed 
underground facility in excess of 500 feet in length to provide notice to the ConnectME 
Authority. Notice must include a description and the location of the proposed project and 
must be provided within 5 business days of submitting an application with the applicable 
licensing authority. The ConnectME Authority is required to disseminate the information 
it receives regarding the underground facility in a manner that ensures all parties that may 
be interested in installing a broadband conduit have access to that information. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/06/18 :Wac.. 
LD 1472 
LR 1486(03) 
An Act To Lower the Costs of Broadband Service by Coordinating the Installation of Broadband 
Infrastructure 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 11fv1 l H -&; Lf 6 \ 
Committee: Energy, Utilities and Technology 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs for the ConnectME Authority as a result of new reporting requirements for proposed 
underground facilities more than 500 feet in length located in the public way and dissemination about those proposals 
to other parties interested in installing broadband conduit are anticipated to be minor and can be absorbed within 
existing budgeted resources. 
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