Sec. 9.
(1) If 2 or more providers implement a shared use arrangement and meet the requirements of this section, each provider participating in the arrangement is entitled to a discount of the fees required under section 8 as provided under this section.
(2) To qualify for the shared use discount, each participating provider shall do all of the following:
(a) To the extent permitted by the safety provisions of the applicable electrical code, occupy and use the same poles, trenches, conduits, ducts, or other common spaces or physical facilities jointly with another provider.
(b) Coordinate the construction or installation of its own facilities with the construction schedules of another provider so that any pavement cuts, excavation, construction, or other activities undertaken to construct or install the facilities occur contemporaneously and do not impair the physical condition, or interrupt the normal uses, of the public rights-of-way on more than 1 occasion.
(c) Enter the shared use arrangement after the effective date of this act.
(3) This section does not apply to the utilization or attachment to poles, trenches, conduits, ducts, or other common facilities that were placed in the public rights-of-way before the effective date of this act.
(4) Two or more providers that qualify for a shared use discount are entitled to a 40% discount of the fees imposed by section 8 for each linear foot of public right-of-way in which the shared use occurs.
History: 2002, Act 48, Eff. Nov. 1, 2002
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