HB2474 - Tennessee - Local Government, General, Telecommunications

Companion Bill SB2915. Telecommunications - Requires the location and placement of any cellular or wireless telecommunications tower to be approved by the local governing body and to be compatible with the surrounding area in which the tower is to be placed. - Amends TCA Title 13, Chapter 24, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB2474 / SB2915 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB2474 / SB2915 Present law prohibits municipal, county, and regional planning commissions and municipal and county legislative bodies from excluding the location or relocation of any facility used to provide telephone or telegraph services to the public. This bill retains this general prohibition on exclusion of facilities, but makes location and placement of any telecommunication tower subject to approval by the municipal or county legislative [...]

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