This substitute bill is significantly scaled back from last year's cell tower bill, resulting from a compromise between ACCG, GMA and wireless providers. Addressed among its provisions are a shot clock on new tower permit application and conditions on the forced removal of an existing tower, wireless equipment on public property and local government application fees.  It does not affect a county's current ability to deny an application for a new tower, manage wireless infrastructure on its right of way, or contain an "automatically approved" provision if an application shot clock expires.

 

For a summary of this compromise bill, please click here.

This bill changes the definitions of 'industrial materials', manufacture of tangible personal property', and 'manufacturer' in order to include solar energy in the sales and use tax exemption for energy.