SECTION 7.14 CLARIFICATION

PROPOSED (JANUARY 2008)

7.14 Replacement of Wood Pole with Other than Wood Pole.  

Member replacing wood pole with other than wood pole for mutual benefit, shall sell interest in new pole to other Members concerned.  Each member shall transfer at own expense, receive salvage, and pay pulling and transportation.
Mutual benefit shall be understood to apply under this section as follows:

(a)	Pole 25 years old or more
(b)	Pole less than 25 years old, but rendered unfit for service by any cause not the fault of a joint owner.
(c)	Pole requiring relocation for the benefit of all Members concerned
(d)	Pole identified in authorized maintenance inspection program as unfit for service
(e)	Pole requiring replacement for clearing of discovered existing General Order 95 infractions not the fault of any joint owner

For poles that are more than 25 years old, this section applies only to Members having more than 20 consecutive years of Joint Pole Committee membership.
For those Members with less than 20 consecutive years of Joint Pole Committee membership, which initiates the replacement of poles under the provisions of (a) above, Section 7.3 shall apply.
This rule shall also apply where owner failed to issue Notice of Intention for pole and incoming Member desires its replacement within three years, beginning with January 1 following date of its installation.  If pole has been installed longer than the three-year period specified and is not more than 25 years old, the replacement shall be in accordance with rule of the Routine relating to Section 7.3.

Section 1.2 required for Engineered Steel Poles