4-4-38.5-8.5. Challenge Process
Sec. 8.5. (a) The office shall establish a process to be used before each formal request for the submission of grant applications by the office under this chapter. The process established by the office under this section must do the following: (1) Invite any prospective grant applicant to submit a letter of intent identifying all […]
4-4-38.5-9. Grants for Eligible Broadband Projects; Funding Priorities; Grant Eligibility; Preferred Projects; Publication of Grant Applications and Receipt of Comments, Objections, and Counter Proposals
Sec. 9. (a) The office shall establish procedures for the awarding of grants from the fund after July 31, 2019, by state agencies to eligible broadband service providers for eligible broadband projects. (b) The procedures established under this section must establish the following priorities for the awarding of grants under this chapter: (1) First, extending […]
4-4-38.5-10. Office to Adopt Guidelines; Collaboration With State Agencies and Political Subdivisions
Sec. 10. (a) The office shall adopt guidelines to implement this chapter, including guidelines governing the following: (1) The form and content of requests to provide eligible broadband service in connection with an eligible broadband project. (2) The form and content of applications for grants under this chapter. (3) A competitive bidding process or a […]
4-4-38.5-10.5. Broadband Connectivity Subsidies; Subsidy Agreements; Priority for Subsidies; Permitted Use of Subsidy Payments; Eligibility for Subsidies
Sec. 10.5. (a) The office shall establish a program to expand the availability of broadband Internet connectivity throughout Indiana by: (1) entering into agreements with broadband service providers under which broadband service providers agree to accept subsidy payments distributed by the office as a form of payment for the provision of eligible broadband service; and […]
4-4-38.5-11. Rural Broadband Fund
Sec. 11. (a) The rural broadband fund is established for the purpose of: (1) awarding grants under: (A) this chapter after July 31, 2019; and (B) IC 4-4-38 before August 1, 2019; (2) providing financial assistance under the program established by the office under section 10.5 of this chapter for expenses described in section 10.5(b) […]
4-4-38.5-12. Awarding of Grants After July 31, 2019; Limitation on Transfer of Assets; Grant Agreement Required; Funds Conditioned on Project Completion
Sec. 12. (a) After July 31, 2019, a state agency may award grants under this chapter from the fund to eligible broadband service providers for eligible broadband projects, in accordance with: (1) the procedures established by the office under section 9 of this chapter; and (2) the guidelines adopted by the office under section 10 […]
4-4-38.5-3. “Eligible Broadband Service”
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, “eligible broadband service” means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least: (1) one thousand (1,000) megabits per second downstream with respect to grants awarded under section 9(b)(1) or 9(b)(2) of this chapter; or (2) fifty (50) megabits per second downstream and at […]
4-4-38.5-13. Broadband Grant Goals and Assessment Metrics; Annual Report to Interim Study Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications; Annual Audit by State Board of Accounts
Sec. 13. (a) The office shall establish and publish on the office’s Internet web site: (1) specific, measurable goals; and (2) metrics to be used in assessing the progress made toward accomplishing those goals; for the disbursement of state broadband grant funds. (b) Beginning in 2020, not later than August 1 of each year, the […]
4-4-38.5-4. “Eligible Broadband Service Provider”
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, “eligible broadband service provider” means any company, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that: (1) either: (A) has been providing broadband service to at least one hundred (100) residences and businesses in Indiana for at least three (3) consecutive years; or (B) is: (i) a corporation organized under IC […]
4-4-38.5-14. Confidential or Proprietary Business Information; Nondisclosure
Sec. 14. The office, and any state agency or any political subdivision with which the office cooperates or consults in administering this chapter: (1) shall not disclose information designated as confidential or proprietary business information by a grant applicant or recipient; and (2) shall execute appropriate nondisclosure agreements to prevent the disclosure of confidential or […]