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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
Arizona space commission; board; membership
(NOW: utility relocation notification)
As passed by the Senate, S.B. 1620, modified the membership of the Arizona Space Commission Board of Directors and required the Lieutenant Governor to serve as chairperson.
The House of Representatives adopted a strike-everything amendment that does the following:
Purpose
Requires a municipality to develop a reimbursement process for a telecommunication's utility facility relocation cost and provide public notice of any voter-approved municipal bond project at least 30 days before a request to relocate the telecommunications utility's facility.
Background
If any construction project in a municipality requires a telecommunications utility to adjust or relocate the telecommunications utility's facilities is undertaken individually or jointly by an intergovernmental contract and is funded in whole or in part by voter-approved municipal bond proceeds, then the municipality must reimburse the telecommunications utility or cause for reimbursement for the costs incurred on facilities located within the municipal boundaries. If the telecommunications utility has existing land rights, the municipality must provide the telecommunications utility with equal land rights in the new location of the relocated facilities at the municipality's expense. If the telecommunications utility's existing facilities are located in the right-of-way under a permit, then the municipality must provide the telecommunications utility with rights in the new location of the relocated facilities equivalent to the telecommunications utility's existing rights under the permit. A telecommunications utility must submit a verified itemized claim to the municipality for reimbursement of relocation costs within 180 days after each calendar quarter in which the telecommunications utility incurs the relocation costs. A municipality must: 1) review each submitted verified itemized claim; 2) reimburse the telecommunications utility for the relocation costs within 90 days after receipt of the verified itemized claim; and 3) reimburse verified itemized claims from all affected telecommunications utilities in the order of receipt. Relocation costs mean all costs of relocating that the telecommunications utility incurs as a direct result of the construction and operation of a construction project and does not include profit but may include a reasonable allocation of general overhead expenses (A.R.S. § 9.461.17).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1.
Requires a municipality, at least 30 days before a request to relocate a
telecommunication utility's facility, to provide the telecommunications utility
with public notice of any
voter-approved municipal bond project.
2. Requires a municipality to develop a reimbursement process for a telecommunications utility to apply for reimbursement of the relocation costs of the telecommunications utility's facilities.
3. Makes technical changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by the House of Representatives
· Adopted the strike-everything amendment relating to telecommunication utility relocation.
House Action
ST 3/23/26 W/D
GOV 3/25/26 DPA/SE 7-0-0-0
3rd Read 4/14/26 48-7-5
Prepared by Senate Research
April 14, 2026
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