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SB228 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Tom Whatley
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2017
Title
Class 6 municipality, certain telecommunications services authorized in county where Class 6 municipality located and within corp. limits and police jurisdiction of other municipalities located in same county
Description

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.

Subjects
Telecommunications

Bill Actions

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Transportation and Energy

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

March 9, 2017 Senate Passed
Yes 24
No 7
Absent 4

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature