| #e.22506 | Thursday 1:00PM to 2:30PM
February 7,
2013 | CM | 1.50 |
Section 6409(a)/ 47 U.S.C. § 1455(a): New Federal Law Aiding Zoning Approval for Cell Tower ModificationsLorman Education ServicesLive Audio Conference, WI This live audio conference will describe Section 6409(a) of the 2012 Middle Class Tax Relief Act, 47 U.S.C. § 1455(a), which relaxes state and local approvals for cell tower collocations and other wireless tower modifications. It will describe the many legal and technical issues under this new statute, including what towers are covered, what modifications are covered and which of the many state and local laws (zoning, codes, environmental, other) are affected. It will describe how these laws are affected (is any approval needed?) and will describe the serious issue of Section 6409(a)’s constitutionality. It will describe issues that are likely to be raised by wireless firms, such as whether Section 6409(a) grants condemnation authority, and will provide practical guidance on how municipalities and providers can work together while Section 6409(a) is being clarified by the courts and FCC. You will come away with useful legal knowledge about what is certain about Section 6409, what is uncertain, and practical guidance on how to proceed.
More Instructors: Jonathan Kramer • Heads the Kramer Telecom Law Firm, P.C., and Kramer Firm, Inc., both based in Los Angeles
• Radio frequency engineer, and an attorney admitted to practice in California
• Concentrates on law and technology issues of broadband and wireless telecommunications
• Wireless siting planner and radio frequency engineer, and wireless lecturer for hundreds of local governments throughout the United States for 18 years
• Testifying expert or trial consultant in wireless cases
• Published feature articles on wireless tower siting in government and wireless industry journals
• Co-wrote and edited the FCC’s publication, A Local Government Official’s Guide to Transmitting Antenna RF Emission Safety: Rules, Procedures and Practical Guidance
• National member of NATOA for more than 20 years and its only twice-honored Member of the Year
• Fellow member of the Society of Cable Telecommunication Engineers, U.K. Society, and an elected senior member of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, U.S. Society
• Licensed by the FCC, holding its highest grade licenses for commercial radiotelephone, radar and marine digital communications, as well as its highest grade amateur radio license, and licensed as a low-voltage communications contractor in California
• Can be contacted at 310-312-9900, ext. 121, or Kramer@TelecomLawFirm.com John Pestle • Partner with the Varnum LLP law firm and chair of its Telecommunications Group
• Represents property owners (individuals, companies, municipalities, schools, churches, farms, etc.) on cell tower leases, amendments and buyouts
• Provides model cell tower leases, currently to more than 500 organizations nationwide
• For more than 25 years has represented clients on cable, telecommunications and other utility matters
• Represented municipalities on 1996 statute adding cell tower zoning provisions to Federal law, received Member of the Year award from national municipal group for same
• Represented National League of Cities and other municipal groups opposing Federal Communications Commission limits on local zoning, permitting for cellular and broadcast towers
• Received Special Award of Merit from the Michigan Municipal League for his work representing municipalities on cable and telecommunications matters
• Past chair of both the Municipal Lawyers Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Legal Section of the American Public Power Association
• Held FCC First Class Radio Telephone license to work on radio, TV and ship radar transmitters
• Graduate, Harvard College, Yale Graduate School and the University of Michigan Law School (4 Ratings)
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