No Effect on SWBT’s Right to Abandon, Convey or Transfer Poles, Ducts. Conduits, or Rights-of-Way. Except as provided in subsections (a)-(d) of this section, nothing contained in this Agreement or any license subject to this Agreement shall in any way affect SWBT’s right to abandon, convey, or transfer to any other person or entity SWBT’s interest in any of SWBT’s poles, ducts, conduits, or rights-of-way.
(a) SWBT shall give Applicant no less than 60 days written notice prior to abandoning, conveying, or transferring any pole, duct, conduit, or right-of- way (1) to or in which Applicant has attached or placed facilities pursuant to this Agreement or (2) with respect to which Applicant has been assigned pole attachment or conduit occupancy space. The notice shall identify the transferee, if any, to whom any such pole, duct, conduit, or right-of-way is to be conveyed or transferred.
(b) SWBT represents that prior to the effective date of this Agreement, and prior to enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, SWBT entered into one or more “joint use pole agreements” with electric utilities located in this State and that such agreements may require SWBT to transfer or convey poles to such electric utilities from time to time. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall abridge the rights of SWBT or any electric utility under any contract executed prior to the effective date of this Agreement. In the event of any transfer or conveyance of poles to an electric utility pursuant to such a joint pole agreement, SWBT will, at Applicant’s request, provide Applicant and the transferee utility with such information as may be necessary to minimize any burdens to Applicant which may arise out of or in connection with the transfer or conveyance.
(c) Transfers of SWBT’s poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way shall be subject to Applicant’s rights at the time of transfer. Applicant shall, at the request of SWBT or the transferee, provide SWBT or the transferee with all information required to assess Applicant’s rights, post-transfer intentions with respect to continued occupancy, and willingness to negotiate new rates, terms, and conditions of access. Applicant shall not unreasonably refuse to negotiate with the transferee. If the transferee itself is a local exchange carrier or other utility subject to the Pole Attachment Act, Applicant shall, at the request of the transferee, negotiate in good faith new rates, terms, and conditions of access.
(d) Transfers or conveyances of poles, ducts, conduits, or rights-of-way to any entity contro...
