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Alaska PRB-1 Legislation Progresses
NEWINGTON, CT, Mar 16, 2001--Alaska's Amateur Radio antenna bill, Senate Bill 78, has cleared its first hurdle of the legislative process March 14 with approval by the Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee. The measure has been referred to the Rules Committee.
The bill would incorporate the wording of the limited federal preemption known as PRB-1 into Alaska's state statutes. It also includes a schedule of antenna heights below which municipalities could not regulate.
"The bill was modified only slightly and now includes a provision to grandfather existing towers, should a municipality enact a restrictive antenna ordinance," said ARRL Alaska Section Manager Kent Petty, KL5T. Petty urged Alaska hams to contact their state Senate or House members to express an opinion on SB 78. Members' names and contact information are available on Alaska's legislative Web site.
"Our best chance to get this bill passed is to let our representatives know we support it, and to explain to them what it will and won't do," Petty said.
The Alaska bill would establish a three-tier minimum regulatory height schedule that depends on the population density of the community in which the antenna is installed and the size of the lot on which it is sited. Municipalities would not be permitted to further regulate antennas shorter than 75 feet in areas with a population density of more than 120 people per square mile. A minimum regulatory height of 140 feet would prevail in areas with a population density of more than 120 people per square mile for a lot size of an acre or larger. The top-tier 200 feet minimum regulatory limit would apply in areas where the population density is 120 people or less per square mile.
The Commonwealth of Virginia enacted a similar height schedule, and a bill containing another three-tier height schedule is pending in the State of Arkansas.
The bill, titled "An Act relating to municipal regulation of radio antennas" is sponsored by Sen Robin Taylor and was introduced February 8. A copy of the proposed legislation as it is currently worded is available on the Alaska legislature's Web site.
Ten states now have incorporated PRB-1 language into their laws. For more information on PRB-1 and Amateur Radio antenna regulation, visit ARRLWeb.
Page last modified: 02:42 PM, 16 Mar 2001 ET
Page author: awextra@arrl.org
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