§ 77-17-1. Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act.”
§ 77-17-11. Use of cooperative’s electric delivery system for provision of broadband services by affiliate not considered burden on real property on which electric delivery system is located; landowner’s remedies for damages caused by use of electric delivery system by affiliate
An electric cooperative may grant permission to an affiliate or other broadband operator to use the electric delivery system of the electric cooperative to provide broadband services. The use of the electric cooperative’s electric delivery system for the provision of broadband services by the affiliate or other broadband operator shall not be considered an additional […]
§ 77-17-13. Liberal construction of chapter
This chapter is to be liberally construed, and the enumeration of any object, power, manner, method or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods or things. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted or construed to infringe upon nor otherwise encumber the property or property interests used […]
§ 77-17-15. Annual audit of compliance with chapter; notice to members of election of board of directors, meetings, and election results
Every electric cooperative shall conduct an annual audit of compliance with this chapter, which shall be made publicly available. Any electric cooperative electing to operate under the provisions of this chapter must send notice by mail to its members of its elections for board of directors separately from any bill, and must send notice by […]
§ 77-17-3. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: “Broadband affiliate” or “affiliate” means any entity that is (i) wholly or partially owned by an electric cooperative, and (ii) formed to own or operate a broadband system or provide broadband services. “Broadband service provider” means […]
§ 77-17-5. Electric cooperatives authorized to establish, acquire, own broadband affiliates, allow broadband affiliates or unaffiliated broadband operators to operate broadband system on their electric delivery system, and charge affiliates certain fees; restrictions on use of electric energy sales revenues; economic feasibility study required before electric cooperatives offer broadband services
Every electric cooperative is authorized to establish, acquire, and wholly or partially own one or more broadband affiliates. An electric cooperative may allow its broadband affiliate(s) or an unaffiliated broadband operator to own, lease, construct, maintain and operate a broadband system on the electric cooperative’s electric delivery system and to provide broadband services to the […]
§ 77-17-7. No expansion of regulatory authority of state agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions beyond state or federal laws and regulations in place on January 30, 2019
The passage of Chapter 301, Laws of 2019, does not expand the regulatory authority of any state agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of the State of Mississippi beyond the existing state or federal law and regulations in place on January 30, 2019.
§ 77-17-9. Electric cooperatives prohibited from: allowing use of electric delivery system by affiliate to diminish reliability of the system, requiring purchase of broadband services from affiliate as condition of receiving electric energy from the cooperative, and disconnecting electric service for nonpayment of broadband services provided by affiliate
An electric cooperative shall not allow the installation or operation of a broadband system on its electric delivery system by an affiliate or other broadband operator to diminish the reliability of the electric delivery system. An electric cooperative shall not require any person to purchase broadband services from an affiliate or other broadband operator as […]