I think ARRL (of which I am a member) may be fighting a losing battle on
this one but it's a great idea and deserves our support.
Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >
... Go Mariners!
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Subject: ARLB029 Landmark bill could provide amateurs relief from
restrictive
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> ARLB029 Landmark bill could provide amateurs relief from restrictive
> covenants
>
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> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 29 ARLB029
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT May 14, 2002
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB QST ARL ARLB029
> ARLB029 Landmark bill could provide amateurs relief from restrictive
> covenants
>
> A bill introduced in Congress May 14 could provide relief to
> amateurs prevented by private deed covenants, conditions and
> restrictions--CC&Rs--from installing outdoor antennas. Rep Steve
> Israel (D-NY) has introduced the ''Amateur Radio Emergency
> Communications Consistency Act.'' The measure is aimed at preventing
> private land-use rules from ''unreasonably interfering with'' the
> installation and use of ''appropriate antenna structures'' for
> amateurs. Rep Greg Walden, WB7OCE (R-OR)--the only Amateur Radio
> operator in Congress--and Rep Pete Sessions (R-TX) have signed on as
> original cosponsors.
>
> The measure contains but one sentence: ''For purposes of the Federal
> Communications Commission's regulation relating to station antenna
> structures in the Amateur Radio Service (47 CFR 97.15), any private
> land use rules applicable to such structures shall be treated as a
> state or local regulation and shall be subject to the same
> requirements and limitations as a state or local regulation.''
>
> The bill, which does not yet have a number, is expected to be
> assigned to the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the
> House Energy and Commerce Committee.
>
> After the ARRL ran into a brick wall trying to convince the FCC to
> include CC&Rs under the limited federal preemption known as PRB-1,
> the League's Board of Directors agreed to pursue a congressional
> remedy. ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, and other League officials
> met with Israel, Walden, Sessions and others on Capitol Hill earlier
> this year to discuss the prospect of such a bill and how it should
> be worded. With the proposal now in the legislative hopper, Haynie
> says the ''really hard work'' is up to the amateur community, League
> members or not.
>
> ''It becomes important for all of us to write your congressman, call
> your congressman and voice your support,'' Haynie said. ''This will
> have to be a grassroots effort, and we're going to pull out all the
> stops.''
>
> Israel, whose father, Howard, is K2JCC, said in a statement read
> into the Congressional Record that his bill seeks to ensure the
> continued viability of a volunteer public service resource. ''My
> bill would provide Amateur Radio licensees with the ability to
> negotiate reasonable accommodation provisions with homeowners'
> associations,'' Israel said, ''just as they do now with governmental
> land-use regulators, to ensure that our nation is not left with
> areas devoid of the public safety services amateurs can provide.''
>
> Visit the US House of Representatives ''Write Your Representative
> Service'' Web page http://www.house.gov/writerep/ for information on
> how to contact your representative.
>
> ARRL requests those contacting members of Congress to copy ARRL on
> their correspondence--via e-mail to [log in to unmask] or via US Mail
> to CC&R Bill, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Please include
> your name and address on all correspondence.
> NNNN
> /EX
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