(a)
If a registrant transfers, sells, or assigns its assets located in public rights-of-way
incident to a transfer, sale, or assignment of the registrant's assets, the transferee,
buyer, or assignee shall be obligated to comply with the terms of this division. Written
notice of any such transfer, sale, or assignment shall be provided by such registrant
to the county's public works department within twenty (20) days after the effective
date of the transfer, sale, or assignment. If the transferee, buyer, or assignee is
a current registrant, then the transferee, buyer, or assignee is not required to re-register.
If the transferee, buyer, or assignee is not a current registrant, then the transferee,
buyer, or assignee shall register as provided in section 3-6-38 within sixty (60) days of the transfer, sale, or assignment. If permit applications
are pending in the registrant's name, the transferee, buyer, or assignee shall notify
the public works director that the transferee, buyer, or assignee is the new applicant
after the requirements of this section have been satisfied.
(b)
The county does not have the right to approve or deny registrants' asset transfers
or assignments to communications services providers operating at least one (1) communications
facility within the county, and the failure to comply with this section does not void
any such asset transfer or assignment. The county reserves the right to exclude persons
or entities other than communications services providers or pass-through providers
from its rights-of-way. Transfers or assignments of a communications facility to persons
or entities other than a communications services provider or pass-through provider
who will operate at least one (1) communications facility within the county requires
compliance with this section to insure continued use of the public rights-of-way.
