§ 23-17-506. Requirements — Height limits — Standards
(a) Each new or modified pole installed in the right-of-way for the purpose of the collocation of small wireless facilities shall not exceed the greater of: (1) Fifty feet (50′) in height above ground level; or (2) Ten percent (10%) taller than the tallest existing pole in place in the same right-of-way as of September […]
§ 23-17-507. Damage and repair — Replacements — Abandonment — Removal
(a) (1) A wireless provider shall repair all damage to the right-of-way directly caused by the activities of the wireless provider in the right-of-way and return the right-of-way to its functional and aesthetic equivalence before the damage under the competitively neutral, reasonable requirements and specifications of the authority. (2) If the wireless provider fails to […]
§ 23-17-508. Aesthetic standards
(a) An authority that has adopted an ordinance under § 14-17-209 or § 14-56-416 may adopt and enforce standards that govern the aesthetic appearance of small wireless facilities and associated poles to ensure coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development, as provided in this section. (b) Aesthetic standards adopted by an authority for small wireless facilities and […]
§ 23-17-509. Collocation on authority poles
(a) This section applies to activities of a wireless provider collocating small wireless facilities on authority poles in the authority’s right-of-way or in a right-of-way controlled by the Arkansas Department of Transportation located within an authority. (b) (1) A person owning, managing, or controlling authority poles in the right-of-way shall not enter into an exclusive […]
§ 23-17-303. Definitions
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Commission” means the Arkansas Public Service Commission; (2) “Interexchange carriers” includes persons, corporations, or other organizations which provide communications services which interconnect with local exchanges under provisions of the interstate and intrastate access charges tariffs and may include such other persons, corporations, or organizations […]
§ 23-17-304. Universal Telephone Service Fund created — Contents
(a) There is created the Universal Telephone Service Fund to be established by assessing upon all interexchange carriers operating in this state a charge on interexchange communication services based on usage, revenue, volume, or other appropriate factors. (b) (1) The amount of the charge shall be determined by the Arkansas Public Service Commission after notice […]
§ 23-17-305. Conditional effective date
The Universal Telephone Service Fund shall be effective on the date the interstate Universal Service Fund or similar arrangement is established by the Federal Communications Commission unless the Arkansas Public Service Commission, prior to that date and after hearing, finds that the circumstances upon which this subchapter is predicated have so substantially changed as to […]
§ 23-17-306. Allocation of fund
(a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall allocate the Universal Telephone Service Fund among all local exchange carriers operating in Arkansas in such a manner as to moderate the disruptive effects of changes in methods of pricing of telephone services and to hold prices of local exchange telephone service to levels which will ensure, insofar […]
§ 23-17-307. Administration of fund
The Arkansas Public Service Commission may collect, administer, and distribute the Universal Telephone Service Fund, itself, or it may delegate to a trustee or other agent acting under its supervision the administration and distribution of the fund upon such conditions and security as the commission may require.
§ 23-17-401. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Telecommunications Regulatory Reform Act of 2013”.