20250808Idaho Cable and Broadband Association Draft.pdf

IDAPA 31.01.01.151
454. TIMETABLE FOR DECISION—TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BROADBAND, OR
CABLE POLE ATTACHMENT PROCEEDINGS (RULE 151)
Whenever a public utility, as defined in Section 61-538, Idaho Code, and a provider of
telecommunications service, broadband, or cable services company, as defined in Section 61-
538, Idaho Code, are unable to agree upon the rates, terms, or conditions for pole attachments or
the terms, conditions, or cost of production of space needed for pole attachments, and either the
public utility or the provider of telecommunications service, broadband, or cable services
company files an application, complaint, or petition asking the Commission to establish and
regulate rates, terms, or conditions, the Commission shall decide the case within thirty(30) days;
provided, the Commission shall have the right,upon reasonable notice, to enter upon a hearing
concerning the propriety of such proposed rate, term, or condition and to extend its period for
considering the application, complaint, or petition an additional thirty (30) days plus five (5)
months and, for good cause shown on the record, an additional sixty (60) days.
IDAPA 31.01.01.152
152. RULES OF PROCEDURE TO BE USED (RULE 152)
These Rules of Procedure apply to all proceedings concerning the rates, terms, or conditions for
telecommunications, broadband or cable pole attachments,provided, that any such proceeding,
whether denominated an application, complaint or petition, shall be processed according to the
timetables of Rule 151 and Rule 153.
IDAPA 31.01.01.153
153. ADOPTION OF FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TIMELINES
FOR ACCESS TO UTILITY POLES (RULE 153)
(a) Incorporation by Reference. This rule incorporates and adopts the terms and conditions
related to the timing of the permitting process for access to and use of utility poles, ducts,
conduits and rights-of-way to the full extent provided for in 47 U.S.C. § 224 and 47 CFR
§1.1411 (Timeline for access to utility poles), adopted by the Federal Communications
Commission on July 24, 2025.
(b)Not later than 60 days after the effective date of any amendment to 47 CFR §1.1411, the
Commission shall issue a notice of intent to promulgate rules through negotiated rulemaking to
adopt the latest revised version of the materials this rule incorporates by reference.Pursuant to
Section 67-5223(4), Idaho Code, the Commission shall prepare for inclusion with the filing of
the proposed rule change a brief written synopsis that details the substantive differences between
the previously incorporated material and the latest revised version of the incorporated material
being proposed for incorporation by reference.
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