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TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 58-27-260 SO AS TO REQUIRE ELECTRIC UTILITIES TO RETURN FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE PAID BY MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR USE OF A UTILITY'S TOWER TO AN OWNER OF PROPERTY ON WHICH A TOWER IS LOCATED AND TO DEFINE "MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE".
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 27, Title 58 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 58-27-260. (A) An electric utility shall pay fifty percent of the amount it receives from a mobile telecommunications service provider for use of the utility's tower to an owner of property on which the tower is located.
(B) For purposes of this section, 'mobile telecommunications service' includes, but is not limited to, any one-way or two-way radio communication service carried on between mobile stations or receivers and land stations and by mobile stations communicating among themselves, through cellular telecommunications services, personal communications services, paging services, specialized mobile radio services, and any other form of mobile one-way or two-way communications service."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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