Senate Engrossed state broadband office; transfer; ADOA State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SENATE BILL 1322 An Act providing for transferring and renumbering; amending section 41-710.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, as transferred and renumbered; relating to the department of administration. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Senate Engrossed state broadband office; transfer; ADOA
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
SENATE BILL 1322
Senate Engrossed
state broadband office; transfer; ADOA
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
SENATE BILL 1322
An Act
providing for transferring and renumbering; amending section 41-710.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, as transferred and renumbered; relating to the department of administration.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 41-1511, Arizona Revised Statutes, is transferred and renumbered for placement in title 41, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, as section 41-710.03 and, as so renumbered, is amended to read: START_STATUTE41-710.03. State broadband office; director; state broadband plan; powers and duties A. The state broadband office is established in the authority department. B. The state broadband office consists of the state broadband director, who serves at the pleasure of the chief executive officer director of the department of administration. The chief executive officer the director of the department of administration may hire staff for the state broadband office to do the following: 1. Coordinate the implementation of local, state and federal broadband programs. 2. Coordinate and execute federal broadband grant applications with public and private stakeholders. 3. Provide guidance and support to stakeholders in navigating local, state and federal regulatory and permitting processes for broadband infrastructure projects. 4. Provide guidance and support to local and state public and private partners on federal, state and local broadband policies and practices. 5. Solicit feedback from stakeholders to develop long-term local, state and federal broadband policy priorities that may influence local, state and federal broadband policies and programs. 6. Work with local partners, state and federal agencies and telecommunication providers to develop plans to improve internet connectivity and resiliency in this state. C. The state broadband office shall publish and maintain a state broadband plan that further elaborates on the strategies and tactics to achieve this state's broadband goals. D. The state broadband office may develop rules and guidelines to implement this section. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-1511, Arizona Revised Statutes, is transferred and renumbered for placement in title 41, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, as section 41-710.03 and, as so renumbered, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE41-710.03. State broadband office; director; state broadband plan; powers and duties
A. The state broadband office is established in the authority department.
B. The state broadband office consists of the state broadband director, who serves at the pleasure of the chief executive officer director of the department of administration. The chief executive officer the director of the department of administration may hire staff for the state broadband office to do the following:
1. Coordinate the implementation of local, state and federal broadband programs.
2. Coordinate and execute federal broadband grant applications with public and private stakeholders.
3. Provide guidance and support to stakeholders in navigating local, state and federal regulatory and permitting processes for broadband infrastructure projects.
4. Provide guidance and support to local and state public and private partners on federal, state and local broadband policies and practices.
5. Solicit feedback from stakeholders to develop long-term local, state and federal broadband policy priorities that may influence local, state and federal broadband policies and programs.
6. Work with local partners, state and federal agencies and telecommunication providers to develop plans to improve internet connectivity and resiliency in this state.
C. The state broadband office shall publish and maintain a state broadband plan that further elaborates on the strategies and tactics to achieve this state's broadband goals.
D. The state broadband office may develop rules and guidelines to implement this section. END_STATUTE