2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 86 - Telecommunications and Technology
86-1305 - Grants; priority for distribution.
86-1305. Grants; priority for distribution.
The commission shall distribute grants based on priority as follows:
(1) The first priority is a project in a project area that is an unserved area which the commission has determined pursuant to section 75-160 or 86-166 needs further support but has not received public assistance for development of a broadband network;
(2) The second priority is a project that is in an unserved area, that has received federal support for development of a broadband network, and that will not be completed within twenty-four months after the grant application deadline if the commission determines that a grant under the program will accelerate the deployment of the broadband network; and
(3) The third priority is a project in a project area that is an underserved area and that the commission determines has a digital inclusion plan.
Source
- Laws 2021, LB388, ยง 5.
