[KCDXC] Fwd: Kansas Antenna Legislation

Tue Feb 19 09:25:40 EST 2008

Please forward to all who may be interested and can
help.

--- ARRL KS Section <memberlist at www.arrl.org> wrote:

> From: "ARRL KS Section" <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
> To: AA0MZ at yahoo.com
> Subject: Antenna Legislation
> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:52:22 -0500 (EST)
> 
> The Kansas PRB-1 effort is in full swing.
> 
> The Wheat State Wireless club has done a fine job
> getting us to the
> point that a hearing is scheduled for Feb. 19 in
> Topeka. But, this is
> still just the beginning. We are now ready for all
> of you to write
> letters to your state representatives encouraging
> them to pass HB2805
> the Kansas Emergency Communications Preservation
> Act.
> ------------------------------
> PRB-1 reads as:
> Cited as "Amateur Radio Preemption, 101 FCC2d 952
> (1985)," is a limited
> preemption of local zoning ordinances. It delineates
> three rules for
> local municipalities to follow in regulating antenna
> structures:
> (1) state and local regulations that operate to
> preclude amateur
> communications are in direct conflict with federal
> objectives and must
> be preempted;
> (2) local regulations that involve placement,
> screening or height of
> antennas based on health, safety or aesthetic
> considerations must be
> crafted to reasonably accommodate amateur
> communications; and 
> (3) such local regulations must represent the
> minimum practicable
> regulation to accomplish the local authority's
> legitimate purpose.
> 
> The heart of PRB-1 is codified in the FCC Rules
> [97.15(e)]. 
> ------------------------------
> 
> The wording of the current bill before the Kansas
> House of
> Representatives is simple and easy to understand.
> 
>
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> Our window of opportunity is short so don't delay.
> A sample letter for you to customize is available at
> www.hamsforkansas.org in MSWord format. Download it
> and it should open
> for you. If you don't have Word please contact the
> guys thru the
> website Contact info button.
> You can find the bill's wording and other support at
> the
> hamsforkansas.org site.
> 
> Below is a special request from NØAG, a member of
> the Hams For Kansas
> Committee, for those of you in certain counties.
> 73,
> Ron
> 
> HB 2805 is in committee and we are urging all Hams
> to write their
> representatives to support "The Kansas Emergency
> Communications
> Preservation Act."
> 
> The four counties listed have the most
> representation. We are
> contacting Amateur Radio Clubs in specific counties
> in other districts
> to help with their particular representatives.
> 
> Do you live in Johnson-Sedgwick-Shawnee or Wyandotte
> County? If so The
> Kansas Emergency Communications Preservation Act
> needs your help!
> PLEASE take a minute to contact your
> representative(listed below) and
> beg, cajole and/or ask them to support HB 2805. 
> Letters are best (you can see downloadable samples
> at
> www.hamsforkansas.org ), phone calls are good and
> e-mails are a whole
> lot better than you doing nothing.
> This really is for the future of Ham Radio.
> 
> Johnson County:
> Sue Storm (D).22nd District>> 300 SW 10th St. Ave.,
> Rm. 421-S, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail:
> storm at house.state.ks.us Phone: 785 296-7696
> 
> Ronnie Metsker (R).24th District>> 300 SW 10th St.
> Ave., Rm. DOCKING, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail:
> metsker at house.state.ks.us Phone: 785 296-7696
> 
> Sheryl Spalding (R).29th District>> 300 SW 10th St.
> Ave., Rm. DOCKING, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail:
> spalding at house.state.ks.us 785 296-7680
> 
> 
> Shawnee County:
> Mike Burgess (R).51st District__Chairman>> 300 SW
> 10th St. Ave., Rm. 161-W, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail:
> burgess at house.ks.us Phone: 785 296-7699
> 
> Harold Lane (D).58th District>> 300 SW 10th St.
> Ave.,
> Rm. DOCKING, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail:
> lane at house.state.ks.us Phone: 785 296-7690
> 
> 
> Sedgewick County:
> Tom Sawyer (D).95th District_.Ranking Minority
> Member>> 300 SW 10th St. Ave., Rm. 135-N, 
> TOPEKA, KS 
> e-mail: sawyer at house.state.ks.us 
> Phone: 785 296-7648
> 
> Ted Powers (R).81st District__Vice Chair>> 300 SW
> 10th St. Ave., Rm. 121-W, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail:
> powers at house.state.ks.us Phone: 785 296-6014
> 
> Jo Ann Pottorf (R) .83rd District>> 300 SW 10th St.
> Ave., Rm. 122-W, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail: 
> pottorf at house.state.ks.us Phone: 785 296-7501
> 
> Steve Brunk (R).85th District>> 300 SW 10th St.
> Ave.,
> Rm. 141-W, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail:
> brunk at house.state.ks.us Phone: 785 296-7645
> 
> Melody McCray-Miller (D).89th District >> 300 SW
> 10th
> St. Ave., Rm. 322-S, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail:
> millerm at house.state.ks.us Phone: 785 296-7665
> 
> Steve Huebert (R).90th District>> 300 SW 10th St.
> Ave., Rm. 513-S, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail:
> heubert at house.state.ks.us Phone: 785 296-1754
> 
> 
> Wyandotte County:
> Mike Peterson (D).37th District>> 300 SW 10th St.
> Ave., Rm. 420-S, 
> TOPEKA, KS 66612 e-mail:
> Peterson at house.state.ks.us Phone: 785 296-7122
> 
> These twelve members of the Elections and
> Governmental
> Organization Committee are crucial to passing the
> PRB-1 bill in Kansas. This website will find your
> representative if you are unsure exactly who that is
> http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/vote/ 
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 73, Tom...N0AG
> www.hamsforkansas.org
> 
>
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