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Rural Broadband: Taking a Broad-Scope Look at State Legislation

Broadband Internet access has been a focal point for legislators across the U.S. In 2017 sessions alone, many states have taken their own shot at crafting pro-access legislation.

And in March, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., introduced legislation that would streamline broadband permitting in existing highway rights-of-way for broadband infrastructure projects. Called the Highway Rights-of-Way Permitting Efficiency Act of 2017, the bill seeks to avoid duplicative federal permitting and regulations and other issues that cause project delays and cost-overruns.

"We need to reduce the rural and urban divide in digital connectivity," Daines said in a press release https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2017/3/hatch-daines-fischer-introduce-critical-rural-broadband-bill . "By eliminating unnecessary regulations we can more rapidly connect rural America and deploy broadband infrastructure."

by Eyragon Eidam, Jessica Mulholland

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/policy/Rural-Broadband-Taking-a-Broad-Scope-Look-at-State-Legislation.html

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