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224A.1121 Broadband deployment account -- Purpose -- Incentive program -Funding criteria and prioritization schedules -- Administrative regulations -Project completion deadline.
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The purpose of the broadband deployment account set forth in KRS 224A.112 shall
be to assist governments and private sector entities to construct infrastructure for the
deployment of broadband service to unserved areas of the Commonwealth. The
authority shall manage the account and may accept and receive appropriations from
the General Assembly or other funds or gifts from both public and private sources,
including but not limited to local governments and federal agencies.
The authority shall establish an incentive program that allocates funds from the
broadband deployment account in accordance with this section. Incentives may be
used by government or private sector entities for broadband deployment projects.
The incentive program shall be developed to give highest funding priority to those
projects which most effectively provide broadband service to the greatest number of
unserved Kentucky citizens and at the lowest cost. Funding shall not be used for
projects with an intent to deploy broadband service to areas where broadband
service already exists; however, the authority may consider funding for projects
that, in providing broadband service for an unserved area, create an overlap in
existing broadband coverage for less than twenty percent (20%) of households in
the proposed coverage area.
The authority shall develop funding criteria and prioritization schedules for
broadband deployment projects in accordance with this section and with
consideration given to recommendations submitted by area development districts,
telecommunications businesses, information services, technology industries,
governmental entities, and by Kentucky-based nonprofit organizations, including
ConnectKentucky.
To carry out the purposes of this section, the authority shall promulgate
administration regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.
Projects receiving funding as provided by this section shall be completed within
twelve (12) months of receiving the funds.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006.
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