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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2928 By: McCall
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to rural broadband; requiring
broadband service providers submit certain annual
reports; authorizing the promulgation of rules;
requiring OneNet to provide certain information;
requiring Internet service providers to disclose
information on properties served and speeds of
service; stating that certain information remain
confidential; requiring Council to determine data
submission format; requiring use of third party to
collect data; requiring data be delivered by certain
process; providing for codification; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 139.203 of Title 17, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Broadband service providers operati ng in this state shall
submit a report containing a broadband network area coverage map to
the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Rural Broadband
Expansion Council no later than October 31, 2021. On or before
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October 31 of each year, the report shall be updated through a
supplemental report that reflects changes in area coverage from the
preceding year. The Department is authorized to promulgate rules
for the collection of the broadband network area coverage map
reports.
B. OneNet shall provide the Department and the Rural Broadband
Expansion Council mapping of all assets and network coverage.
C. Internet service providers doing business in this state
shall disclose to the Department and the Rural Broadband Expansion
Council the properties they serv e and the average minimum download
and upload speeds at which they provide residential and business
services to those properties.
D. The reports and information required to be disclosed in this
section shall remain confidential pursuant to Section 24A.10 of
Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Council shall determine the
required submission format of the data submitted under the
provisions of this act. The Department shall use a third party to
collect the data submitted under the provisions of this act . The
third party shall deliver data to the Department following a white
label process to remove information identifying specific providers.
SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or saf ety, an emergency is hereby
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declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
58-1-7731 JBH 02/24/21