HB375 Alabama 2017 Session

This bill would permit any Class municipality that provides cable service, interactive computer service, Internet access, other Internet services, and advanced telecommunications service, or any combination thereof, to its inhabitants to provide those services throughout the county in which the Class municipality is located, including the inhabitants within the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of any other municipality located in whole or in part in the county, subject to the prior consent of the governing body of the county or the other municipality, and subject to certain other conditions and restrictions

Relating to Class 6 municipalities; to authorize any Class 6 municipality that provides cable service, interactive computer service, Internet access, other Internet services, and advanced telecommunications service, or any combination thereof, to its inhabitants to provide any or all of those services or access throughout the county in which the Class municipality is located, including providing services to the inhabitants within the corporate limits and police jurisdiction of any other municipality located in whole or in part within the county under certain conditions; to provide that the rights of state and local governments and governmental agencies with respect to public rights-of-way are not affected; to provide for the application and effect of certain provisions of Chapter 50B of Title 11 of the Code of Alabama 1975, with respect to the exercise by any Class municipality of the powers granted by that chapter; and to provide that the powers, rights, and authority granted Class municipalities are cumulative.