Co-sponsor HR.4969, the “Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014”Forwarded.
From: ABR Industries
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 00:56
To: [email protected]
Subject: Co-sponsor HR.4969, the “Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2014”
Display problems? View this newsletter in your browser.
HR.4969 would require the FCC, within 120 days of the Bill’s
passage, to amend the Part 97 Amateur Service rules to apply PRB-1coverage to
include homeowners’ association regulations and deed restrictions, often
referred to as “covenants, conditions, and restrictions” (CC&Rs). PRB-1 states
that local governments cannot preclude Amateur Radio communications; they must
“reasonably accommodate” amateur operations, and the state and local
regulations must be the minimum practicable regulation to accomplish a
legitimate governmental interest.
Presently, PRB-1 only applies to state and local zoning laws
and ordinances. Since PRB-1 was enacted, the FCC has said several times that
it would prefer to have some guidance from Congress before extending the policy
to private land-use regulations. HR.4969 will provide that guidance, and give
PRB-1 the force of Federal law.
Radio amateurs, while providing a valuable and necessary
service to their communities, are frequently and increasingly precluded from
installing necessary equipment (antennas, coax, etc) by unreasonable private
land-use restrictions, including restrictive CC&R covenants. The net effect of
HR.4969 passage will be to suppress those unreasonable restrictions and allow
licensed amateurs to install reasonable equipment for practicing our hobby and
having the means to serve our communities.
Sign Petition
Unsubscribe - Edit your subscription
www.abrind.com
ABR Industries
8561 A Rayson Rd
Houston, TX 77080
_______________________________________________
BVARC mailing list
[email protected]
http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
