A. A political subdivision shall not levy a tax, rent, fee or charge on a telecommunications corporation, including a telecommunications corporation that provides interstate services as described in section 9-583, subsection C, for the use of a public highway to provide telecommunications services, or levy a tax, fee or charge on the privilege of engaging in the business of providing telecommunications services within that political subdivision other than:

1. 1. Any transaction privilege tax authorized by law on the business of providing telecommunications services, except that this section does not allow the imposition of a transaction privilege tax on the business of providing interstate telecommunications services. Any transaction privilege tax authorized by law on the business of providing commercial mobile radio service shall not exceed the tax rate levied on the business of providing telecommunications services.
2. 2. A telecommunications application fee for the issuance of a telecommunications license or franchise if the application fee applies on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis to all telecommunications corporations that use the public highways to provide telecommunications services. A political subdivision may require only one application fee and one license or franchise for each telecommunications corporation whether the telecommunications corporation provides local services only or local and long-distance services, including intrastate or interstate services. An application fee is not required for a telecommunications corporation described in subsection E of this section.
3. 3. A telecommunications construction permit fee for the issuance of a construction permit to place telecommunications facilities in the public highways if the permit fee applies on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis to all telecommunications corporations that place telecommunications facilities in the political subdivision's public highways to provide telecommunications services. Political subdivisions shall establish a nonbinding outside arbitration procedure to attempt to resolve disputes over recovery of reasonable, proportionate and attributable costs of construction permit fees pursuant to this paragraph and other fees pursuant to this article before the disputes are submitted to a court for resolution.
4. 4. A fee under section 9-583, subsection C.

G. A political subdivision may not discriminate against a cable operator in its use of its cable system or prevent a cable operator from using its cable system in the public highways to provide telecommunications services and other noncable services if the cable operator complies with applicable federal and state requirements. This subsection does not do either of the following:

1. 1. Limit the authority of any political subdivision to license cable systems and to establish conditions on those licenses that are competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory with conditions applicable to telecommunications corporations and that are consistent with federal and state law.
2. 2. Affect the authority of a political subdivision to manage the public highways within its boundaries or exercise its police powers and land use powers.