construction of language in pole attachment agreements.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the West Virginia Code or the West Virginia Code
of State Rules to the contrary, any ordinance of any political subdivision regarding pole
attachment spacing, positioning, or order by or between any Investor Owned Utility ("IOU")
and any Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier ("ILEC") and/or Competitive Loecal Exchange
Carrier ("CLEC") which would seek to provide broadband service, is hereby pre-empted to
the extent necessary in favor of such broadband installation or deploymrent.
(b) Any corporate policy, individual agreement, organizational poulicy, contract, or like
document relating to pole attachment spacing, positioning, or order by or between any
Investor Owned Utility ("IOU") and any Incumbent Local Excthange Carrier ("ILEC") and/or
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier ("CLEC") shall be strictly construed in favor of
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