Section 503 – Creation and purpose of the Rural Coworking and Innovation Center Grant Program.

• (1) There is created the Rural Coworking and Innovation Center Grant Program administered by the office.

• (2) The office may seek to accomplish the following objectives in administering the grant program:
  • (a) constructing or renovating a facility in one or more rural areas to create one or more coworking and innovation centers;
  • (b) extending and improving utilities and broadband service connections to one or more coworking and innovation centers in one or more rural areas; and
  • (c) purchasing equipment, furniture, and security systems as part of one or more coworking and innovation centers in one or more rural areas.

Enacted by Chapter 467, 2019 General Session