[FCARC] Ohio House Bill 158 Passes House Vote, Moves Onto Senate

[Craig Szczublewski]

Good Friday afternoon, got this from the Frank Piper (KI8GW) through the ARRL 
Ohio Section news and thought I would pass it along:

State Government Liaison Nick Pittner, K8NAP advises me that as of Tuesday, June 
7, 2011, House Bill 158, which enacts sections 303.214, 519.214, 713.082, and 
5502.031 of the Revised Code to codify federal restrictions on local zoning of 
amateur station antenna structures thereby preserving amateur radio service 
communications as a Homeland Security resource and to place the burden of proof 
for compliance on the zoning authority, has passed through the Ohio House of 
Representatives by a vote of 92 to 3.

The next stop for this Bill is the Ohio Senate, where it will be referred to a 
Senate Committee (yet to be determined). As more information develops, I will 
keep the Section informed via this e-mail reflector, and the Ohio Section 
Website (www.arrlohio.org)



73,
Craig Szczublewski