HB4615 - CAMPGROUND HOT TUBS

5 Co-Sponsors

Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act, the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act, the Illinois Municipal Code, the School Code, and the Public Utilities Act. Extends, removes, or modifies repeal dates and other dates. Further amends the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act. Provides that an authority may charge an application fee of $1,000 for each small wireless facility addressed in an application that includes the installation of a new utility pole (rather than a new utility) for such collocation. Provides that an authority may charge recurring rates and application fees up to the amount permitted by the Federal Communications Commission in a specified ruling or in subsequent rulings, orders, or guidance issued by the Federal Communications Commission regarding fees and recurring rates. Provides that an authority may charge an annual recurring rate to collocate a small wireless facility on an authority utility pole located in a right-of-way that equals (i) $270 (rather than $200) per year or (ii) the actual, direct, and reasonable costs related to the wireless provider's use of space on the authority utility pole, and makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.