AN ACT relating to utility relocation.

Create new sections of KRS Chapters 175, 175.B, and 177 to afford cable operator and broadband providers the same rights as public utilities to reimbursement for the costs associated with relocation of their facilities in connection with a turnpike project or projects with public highways.

Highways, Streets, and Bridges Public Utilities Transportation Communications Telecommunications

Introduced: February 18, 2025

Last action: March 24, 2025

(Acts Ch. 77)

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This bill gives cable and broadband providers the same legal right as traditional public utilities to be reimbursed when they must move their equipment or lines to make way for turnpike or public highway projects. Previously, that reimbursement right applied to public utilities but not to cable or broadband companies. This change could help ensure that infrastructure relocation costs are handled consistently across different types of service providers. Who it may affect: broadband and cable providers operating near Kentucky highways, and potentially communities that depend on those services during road construction projects.

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