Title 37 — Title 37

Work; Costs. (a) Subject to Sections 37-17-2, 37-17-3, and 37-17-5, an authority shall allow the collocation of small wireless facilities on existing poles, other than any poles owned by an electric provider, owned or controlled by an authority and the mounting or installation of…

(a) Application fees for permits for small wireless facilities shall be nondiscriminatory and may not exceed the following: (1) A five hundred dollar ($500) non-recurring fee for a single up-front application for collocation that includes up to five small wireless facilities, wit…

(a) This chapter does not apply to any poles or structures owned by an electric provider, whether used for lighting, distribution, transmission, or otherwise. This chapter also does not apply to the equipment, easements, or business activities of any of the following: (1) A utili…

(a) An authority exercising its authority established by this chapter may not be subject to suit or otherwise be responsible for the alleged negligence, wantonness, willfulness, recklessness, or any other claims for alleged wrongful acts or omissions of wireless providers or thei…

(a) Except as authorized under subsection (b), during the period in which the small wireless facilities of a wireless provider are located on or attached to the authority’s assets, including its poles, or rights-of-way, the authority may require a wireless provider to do both of …

Order; Failure to Comply. (a) An authority may order a wireless provider to remove, relocate, change, or otherwise alter the wireless provider’s small wireless facility or pole for any of the following reasons, so long as all other occupiers of the same right-of-way remove, reloc…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY. The state or any political subdivision thereof, or any executive or legislative department, unit, agency, board, commission, or authority of the state, or any politic…

Authorized to Do Business in Alabama. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no governmental entity may adopt an ordinance, resolution, regulation, or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of restricting, a person’s or entity’s ability to use a utility service of a prov…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting a governmental entity’s authority to do the following: (1) Exercise existing police powers to review and approve an application before issuing building permits or to otherwise enforce building, fire, and other public safety …

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to affect the rules of the Alabama Public Service Commission adopted in accordance with its powers under this title. This section does not limit or restrict the power or authority of a utility to take action pursuant to any rules of the com…

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to amend, alter, modify, or in any way affect Chapter 14. History: (Act 2021-336, §5.)

(a)(1) Any public official or employee of the state or a political subdivision thereof who is under any investigation for committing a felony offense related to or arising out of, or in connection with, the public official’s or employee’s service in his or her public position may…