§ 23-17-502. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Small Wireless Facility Deployment Act”.
§ 23-17-503. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Affiliate” means an entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another party; (2) “Antenna” means communications equipment that transmits or receives an electromagnetic radio frequency signal in the provision of wireless service; (3) (A) “Antenna equipment” means equipment, switches, wiring, cabling, […]
§ 23-17-504. Exclusive arrangements
An authority shall not enter into an exclusive arrangement with a person for use of the right-of-way for the collocation of small wireless facilities or the installation, operation, marketing, modification, maintenance, or replacement of poles for the collocation.
§ 23-17-505. Use of rights-of-way by wireless provider
(a) Subject to this subchapter, a wireless provider shall have the right, as a permitted use not subject to zoning review or approval, to collocate, maintain, modify, operate, and replace small wireless facilities and to install, maintain, modify, and replace poles it owns or manages or, with the permission of the owner, a third party’s […]
§ 23-17-241. Opting out of underground damage coverage
(a) Any cooperative established under this subchapter may opt out of coverage under the Arkansas Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Act, § 14-271-101 et seq., by providing written notice to the Arkansas Public Service Commission by first class mail. (b) Any references in this section and §§ 23-17-201 — 23-17-240 and 23-17-242 to “this subchapter” and […]
§ 23-17-408. Regulatory framework for electing companies
(a) The earnings of an electing company shall not be subject to rate of return or rate-base monitoring or regulation, and the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall not consider rate of return, rate base, or the earnings of an electing company in connection with rate changes made pursuant to this section or § 23-17-407. (b) […]
§ 23-17-242. Cooperative acquiring another cooperative
Any cooperative organized prior to January 1, 1979, under the provisions of this subchapter may enter into an agreement with any other cooperative so organized for one of the cooperatives to acquire the other cooperative, subject to the following provisions: (1) Any agreement between cooperatives for one to acquire another shall be in writing and […]
§ 23-17-409. Authorization of competing local exchange carriers
(a) (1) (A) Consistent with the federal act and the provisions of § 23-17-410, the Arkansas Public Service Commission is authorized to grant certificates of convenience and necessity to telecommunications providers authorizing them to provide telecommunications services, including basic local exchange service or switched-access service, or both, to an incumbent local exchange carrier’s local exchange […]
§ 23-17-301. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Universal Telephone Service Act”.
§ 23-17-410. Competing local exchange carriers in service areas of rural telephone companies
(a) A rural telephone company shall not have any duty to negotiate terms and conditions of or to enter into any agreement for the provision to any other telecommunications provider of interconnection with the rural telephone company’s network as provided by 47 U.S.C. §§ 251(c) and 252, including access to its network elements on an […]