Nondiscrimination by municipality.

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IA Code › Title XI › Chapter 477A › Section 477A.9

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(1) A municipality shall allow the holder of a certificate of franchise authority to install, construct, and maintain a communications network within a public right-of-way and shall provide the holder of a certificate of franchise authority with open, comparable, nondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral access to the public right-of-way.

(2) A municipality shall not discriminate against the holder of a certificate of franchise authority in providing access to a municipal building or through a municipal utility pole attachment term.

2007 Acts, ch 201, §10, 15

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