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3 | 34 | BILL NO. 3363 By: McCall, Boles, and Phillips | |
4 | 35 | of the House | |
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14 | - | An Act relating to broadband; amending 17 O.S. 2021, | |
15 | - | Section 139.201, which relates to short title; | |
16 | - | modifying short title of act; providing for Oklahoma | |
17 | - | Broadband Expansion Act; defining terms; creating the | |
18 | - | Broadband Governing Board; providing for termination | |
19 | - | date; requiring oversight of Oklahoma Broadband | |
20 | - | Office; providing for winding up of certain matters; | |
21 | - | requiring submission of reports by Okla homa Broadband | |
22 | - | Office; providing for membership of Broadband | |
23 | - | Governing Board; providing for terms of office; | |
24 | - | prohibiting appointment of persons with certain | |
25 | - | affiliation; providing members to serve at pleasure | |
26 | - | of appointing author ity; requiring organization al | |
27 | - | meeting; providing for establishment of compensation | |
28 | - | and qualifications for Executive Director; | |
29 | - | authorizing meetings; providing for selection of | |
30 | - | chair and vice-chair; authorizing special meetings; | |
31 | - | providing for determination o f quorum; providing for | |
32 | - | appointment of successors; providing for | |
33 | - | applicability of Oklahoma Open Meeting Act and | |
34 | - | Oklahoma Open Records Act; providing for selection of | |
35 | - | Executive Director; providing for removal; requiring | |
36 | - | administrative rules; requiring approval by Bo ard of | |
37 | - | grant or incentive programs; requiring oversight of | |
38 | - | budget; requiring Board to approve Statewide | |
39 | - | Broadband Plan and updates; amending 17 O.S. 2021, | |
40 | - | Section 139.202, which relates to a Rural Broadband | |
41 | - | Expansion Council; providing for creation of | |
42 | - | Broadband Expansion Council; providing for | |
43 | - | termination of Council; providing for membership of | |
44 | - | Council; modifying membership provisions; modifying | |
45 | - | provisions related to organization of Council; | |
46 | - | modifying provisions related to fully executed duties ENR. H. B. NO. 3363 Page 2 | |
47 | - | and responsibilities of the Rural Broadband Expansion | |
48 | - | Council; providing Council to serve as advisory board | |
49 | - | to the Oklahoma Broadband Office; providing for | |
50 | - | advice and specifying scope of duties; modifying | |
51 | - | certain duties of the Oklahoma Department of | |
52 | - | Commerce; modifying provisions related to duties of | |
53 | - | Rural Broadband Expansion Council; authorizing | |
54 | - | administrative support from the Oklahoma Broadband | |
55 | - | Office; creating Oklahoma Broadband Office; providing | |
56 | - | for termination; providing for administrative | |
57 | - | assistance from the Offi ce of Management and | |
58 | - | Enterprise Services; providing for governance by | |
59 | - | Broadband Governing Board; providing for advice by | |
60 | - | Broadband Expansion Council; providing for Executive | |
61 | - | Director; prescribing duties of the Executive | |
62 | - | Director; requiring reports to the B roadband Council | |
63 | - | and the Oklahoma Broadband Office; imposing duties on | |
64 | - | the Oklahoma Broadband Office; requiring mapping | |
65 | - | system; specifying content of mapping system; | |
66 | - | requiring policies and regulations; providing for | |
67 | - | establishment of protest process; prescr ibing | |
68 | - | requirements of protest process; requiring study of | |
69 | - | grants, incentives and programs related to broadband | |
70 | - | access; requiring Statewide Broadband Plan; | |
71 | - | prescribing content of Plan; requiring establishment | |
72 | - | of Capital Projects Fund Grant Report; providing | |
73 | - | deadline for submission; requiring cooperation with | |
74 | - | the Joint Committee; authorizing administration of | |
75 | - | grant funds; requiring Oklahoma Broadband Office to | |
76 | - | develop certain guidelines; requiring submission of | |
77 | - | guidelines to certain public officials; prescrib ing | |
78 | - | requirements for guidelines; providing for controls; | |
79 | - | providing for annual reporting requirements; | |
80 | - | requiring certain governmental entities to provide | |
81 | - | information to the Oklahoma Broadband Office; | |
82 | - | requiring confidential treatment of information; | |
83 | - | requiring analysis of duplicative programs; providing | |
84 | - | for recommendations to the Office of Management and | |
85 | - | Enterprise Services; providing exemptions; providing | |
86 | - | for treatment of programs, personnel or assets within | |
87 | - | The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; | |
88 | - | providing procedures based on absence of certain | |
89 | - | resolution; prohibiting expenditure of designated | |
90 | - | funds without authorization by the Oklahoma Broadband | |
91 | - | Office; providing for establishment of State ENR. H. B. NO. 3363 Page 3 | |
92 | - | Broadband Grant Program; prescribing requirements | |
93 | - | related thereto; prohibiting duplicative grants; | |
94 | - | providing for testing data usage; providing for | |
95 | - | clawback provisions; defining term; creating the | |
96 | - | State Broadband Grant Program Revolving Fund; | |
97 | - | providing for deposit and expenditures; amending 17 | |
98 | - | O.S. 2021, Section 139. 203, which relates to | |
99 | - | submission of data related to maps; modifying | |
100 | - | provisions related to reporting of information | |
101 | - | related to broadband; providing for updates to | |
102 | - | certain map data; modifying duties of Oklahoma | |
103 | - | Corporation Commission with respect to certain data; | |
104 | - | modifying provisions related to map inaccuracies; | |
105 | - | modifying provisions related to private providers of | |
106 | - | certain telecommunications services; providing for | |
107 | - | recodification; repealing 17 O.S. 2021, Section | |
108 | - | 139.204, which relates to the State Broadband | |
109 | - | Deployment Grant Fund; providing for codification; | |
110 | - | and declaring an emergency. | |
43 | + | [ broadband - Broadband Governing Board - oversight | |
44 | + | of Oklahoma Broadband Office - appointment of persons | |
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115 | - | SUBJECT: Broadband | |
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117 | 55 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLA HOMA: | |
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119 | 56 | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 139.201, is | |
120 | 57 | amended to read as follows: | |
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122 | 58 | Section 139.201 This act shall be known and may be cited as the | |
123 | 59 | "Oklahoma Rural Broadband Expansion Act ". | |
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125 | 60 | SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law t o be codified | |
126 | 61 | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Se ction 9201 of Title 74, unless there | |
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133 | 65 | 2. "Council" means the Broadband Expansion Coun cil; | |
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138 | 95 | 4. "FCC" means the Federal Communic ations Commission; | |
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140 | 96 | 5. "Joint Committee" means the Legislature's Joint Committee on | |
141 | 97 | Pandemic Relief Funding, created by the Legislature to give | |
142 | 98 | legislative oversight to the disbursing of the American Rescue Plan | |
143 | 99 | Act's State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, Capital Projects Fund, | |
144 | 100 | and any future federal recovery funds as identified by the | |
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147 | 102 | 6. "Map" means the statewide map showing broadband access, | |
148 | 103 | adoption, speed capabilities, and all other information the Office | |
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151 | 105 | 7. "Office" means the Oklahoma Broadband Office; | |
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153 | 106 | 8. "Plan" means the Statewide B roadband Plan; | |
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155 | 107 | 9. "Program" means the State Broadband Grant P rogram; and | |
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157 | 108 | 10. "Revolving fund" means the State Broadband Grant Program | |
158 | 109 | Revolving Fund. | |
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160 | 110 | SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | |
161 | 111 | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9202 of Title 74, unless there | |
162 | 112 | is created a duplication in num bering, reads as follows: | |
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164 | 113 | A. 1. There is hereby created until June 30, 2028, the | |
165 | 114 | Broadband Governing Board. The Board shall oversee the Oklahoma | |
166 | 115 | Broadband Office. Effective June 30, 2028, the Board shall | |
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167 | 143 | terminate. The Board shall utilize the year prior to the | |
168 | 144 | termination date for the purpose of ceasing the Board's affairs. | |
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170 | 145 | 2. The Board shall receive regular reports from the Office's | |
171 | 146 | Executive Director and the Executive Director's staff on the status | |
172 | 147 | of the Statewide Broadband Plan, the State Broadband Grant Program, | |
173 | 148 | other developed grant programs, and other projects the Office is | |
174 | 149 | undertaking, during regularly scheduled meetings. | |
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176 | 150 | B. The Board shall consist of nine (9) members. Two members | |
177 | 151 | shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of | |
178 | 152 | Representatives, two members shall be appointed by the President Pro | |
179 | 153 | Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, three members shall be | |
180 | 154 | appointed by the Governor, one member shall be the Lieutenant | |
181 | - | Governor, and one member shall be the State Treasurer. Except as | |
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182 | 156 | provided in subsection C of this section, appointees shall serve | |
183 | 157 | until June 30, 2028. No individual with an official a ffiliation, | |
184 | 158 | paid or unpaid, with any potential recipient of a grant administered | |
185 | 159 | under the provisions of this act, shall be appointed to o r serve on | |
186 | 160 | the Board. | |
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188 | 161 | C. Each appointee shall serve at the p leasure of his or her | |
189 | 162 | appointing authority and may be removed or replaced without cause. | |
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191 | 163 | D. 1. The Board shall hold an organizatio nal meeting not later | |
192 | 164 | than thirty (30) days from the effective date of this act. At such | |
193 | 165 | meeting, the Board shall adopt qua lifications and a salary range for | |
194 | 166 | an Executive Director for the Oklahoma Broadband Office based on the | |
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195 | 194 | recommendations of the Human Capital Management Division of the | |
196 | 195 | Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and provide for the | |
197 | 196 | process of filling the position in a reasonable time in accordance | |
198 | 197 | with the laws of this state. | |
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200 | 198 | 2. The Board shall hold meetings as necessary at a place and | |
201 | 199 | time to be fixed by the Board. The Boa rd shall elect, at its first | |
202 | 200 | meeting, one of its members to serve as chair and another of i ts | |
203 | 201 | members to serve as vice-chair. At the first meeting in each | |
204 | 202 | calendar year thereafter , the chair and vice-chair for the ensuing | |
205 | 203 | year shall be elected. Special meetings may be called by the chair | |
206 | 204 | or by five members of the Board by delivery of written n otice to | |
207 | 205 | each member of the Board. A majority of members serving on the | |
208 | 206 | Board shall constitute a quorum of the Board. | |
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210 | 207 | E. If a Board member is unable to f ulfill his or her term for | |
211 | 208 | any reason, the appointing authority of such member may appoint a | |
212 | 209 | replacement to complete the remainder of the term. | |
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214 | 210 | F. The Board shall be subject to the Oklahoma Open M eeting Act | |
215 | 211 | and the Oklahoma Open Records Act. | |
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217 | 212 | G. The Board shall employ, evaluate, and maintain an Executive | |
218 | 213 | Director of the Office who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board | |
219 | 214 | and may be removed or replaced without cause. | |
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221 | 215 | H. The Board shall promulgate r ules as necessary to implement | |
222 | 216 | the provisions of the Oklahoma Broad band Expansion Act and for the | |
223 | 217 | governance and operation of the Oklahoma Broadband Office. | |
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225 | 245 | I. The Board shall approve or disapprove all grant and | |
226 | 246 | incentive programs created by the Office under the provisions of | |
227 | 247 | this act or under law. | |
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229 | 248 | J. The Board shall oversee the annual budget for th e Office, | |
230 | 249 | which shall be funded from the allowed adminis trative expenses of | |
231 | 250 | applicable federal programs and funds available for expenditure from | |
232 | 251 | the State Broadband Grant Program Revolving Fund created purs uant to | |
233 | 252 | Section 10 of this act. | |
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235 | 253 | K. The Board shall approve the Statewide Broadband Plan and | |
236 | 254 | updates to the Plan as necessary. | |
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238 | 255 | SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 139.202, is | |
239 | 256 | amended to read as follows: | |
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241 | 257 | Section 139.202 A. There is hereby created, until June 30, | |
242 | 258 | 2028, the Rural Broadband Expansion Council. Effective June 30, | |
243 | 259 | 2028, the Council shall terminate. The Council shall u tilize the | |
244 | 260 | year prior to the termination date for the purpose of ceasing th e | |
245 | 261 | Council's affairs. | |
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247 | 262 | B. The Council shall consist of sixteen (16) fourteen (14) | |
248 | 263 | persons to be selected as follows: | |
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250 | 264 | 1. Three members shall be appointed by the Governor, one of | |
251 | 265 | whom shall be a government official who has knowledge of and | |
252 | 266 | experience with the technology assets and operatio ns of the Oklahoma | |
253 | 267 | Department of Transportation, OneNet and the Oklahoma Office of | |
254 | 268 | Management and Enterprise Services and who is not and has n ot been | |
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255 | 296 | previously employed by OneNet the individual serving as the | |
256 | 297 | Executive Director of the Oklahoma Broadband Office, one of whom | |
257 | 298 | shall be a current or past mayor of a municipality having a | |
258 | 299 | population of less than thirty-five thousand (35,000) persons | |
259 | 300 | according to the latest Federal Decennial Census or most rece nt | |
260 | 301 | population estimate and which is not part of either the Oklaho ma | |
261 | 302 | City or Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area Areas, and one of whom | |
262 | 303 | shall be a representative of a wireless telecommunications provider | |
263 | 304 | with operations in Oklahoma and at least twenty -four other states | |
264 | 305 | resident of this state and a wireless Internet service provider | |
265 | 306 | (WISP); | |
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267 | 307 | 2. Five members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the | |
268 | 308 | Oklahoma House of Representatives, one of whom shall represe nt the | |
269 | - | interests of rural Internet service providers, one of whom shall be | |
309 | + | interests of rural Internet service providers, one of whom shall be | |
270 | 310 | a private sector technology professional wi th expertise in broadband | |
271 | 311 | connectivity, access, price and related economic factors, one of | |
272 | 312 | whom shall represent the interests of rural hea lth care, one of whom | |
273 | 313 | shall be a representative of a wireless telecommunica tions provider | |
274 | 314 | not affiliated with an incum bent local exchange carrier in Oklahoma | |
275 | 315 | and one who shall be a resident of this state and a wireless | |
276 | 316 | Internet service provider (W ISP) representative of a wireless | |
277 | 317 | telecommunications provider with operations in Oklahoma and at least | |
278 | 318 | twenty-four other states; | |
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280 | 346 | 3. Five members shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore | |
281 | 347 | of the Oklahoma State Senate, one of whom shall be a professional | |
282 | 348 | having academic expertise in large-scale information technology | |
283 | 349 | infrastructure with emphasis on rural broadband access, one of whom | |
284 | 350 | shall represent the interests of rural business enterprises, one of | |
285 | 351 | whom shall be a citizen from a community of less than fift y thousand | |
286 | 352 | (50,000) persons which is not pa rt of either the Oklahoma City or | |
287 | 353 | Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Areas, one of whom shall be a rural | |
288 | 354 | electric cooperative representative and one who shall be an Oklahoma | |
289 | 355 | resident and Tribal Leader of a tribe recog nized in this state; and | |
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291 | 356 | 4. One nonvoting member of the Oklahoma House of | |
292 | 357 | Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker ; | |
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294 | 358 | 5. One nonvoting member of the Oklahoma State Senate to be | |
295 | 359 | appointed by the President Pro Tempore; and | |
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297 | 360 | 6. One nonvoting member to be s elected by the Oklahoma | |
298 | 361 | Corporation Commissi on who has expertise in administration of the | |
299 | 362 | Universal Service Fund, but who is not an elected member of the | |
300 | 363 | Commission. | |
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302 | 364 | C. The Council shall hold an organizationa l meeting not later | |
303 | 365 | than sixty (60) days from May 22, 2020, and shall select from its | |
304 | 366 | membership a chair and vice-chair or co-chairs. The chair or co- | |
305 | 367 | chair of the Council shall be a person who is not a government | |
306 | 368 | employee or public official, unless the pe rson or persons are | |
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309 | 397 | D. A quorum of the membership of the Council shall be necessary | |
310 | 398 | in order to take any fin al action pursuant to the provisions o f this | |
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316 | 402 | F. The Rural Broadband Expansion Council shall conduct a study | |
317 | 403 | of rural broadband access in the state and shall divide the st ate | |
318 | 404 | into separate geographic areas based on the information it obtains | |
319 | 405 | regarding existing capability for perso ns and businesses to access | |
320 | 406 | broadband telecommunication services, the cost for obtaining the | |
321 | 407 | services from existing servic e providers, the estimat ed costs for | |
322 | 408 | improving rural broadband access, the likelihood of changes in rural | |
323 | 409 | broadband access in the near and intermediate future based on | |
324 | 410 | available information regarding private or public sector plans or | |
325 | 411 | programs to create or enhance broadband access in rural areas, the | |
326 | 412 | need for change in state or local law or policy that impacts the | |
327 | 413 | ability for persons or b usiness entities in rural areas to access | |
328 | 414 | broadband services at a reasonable price and such other information | |
329 | 415 | as the Council may determine to be r elevant in order to establish | |
330 | 416 | the geographic areas. | |
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333 | 418 | in subsection F of this section into a map ping system that depicts | |
334 | 419 | resources, broadband coverage, connectivity speeds and such other | |
335 | 420 | features as the Council deems relevant. | |
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337 | 448 | H. The Council shall undertake a study of incentives or | |
338 | 449 | programs that would h ave the effect of improving existing rural | |
339 | 450 | broadband access and establishing broadband access to areas which | |
340 | 451 | currently do not have such access . The incentives or programs may | |
341 | 452 | include federal funds, tribal funds or resources, donated funds or | |
342 | 453 | funding available from foundations, endowments or similar so urces, | |
343 | 454 | state or local tax incentives, state or local financing incentives | |
344 | 455 | or options or federal, tr ibal, state or local regulatory policies | |
345 | 456 | that would be conducive to improving existing broadband access or | |
346 | 457 | establishing such access where it does not current ly exist. | |
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348 | 458 | I. The Council shall have the right to obtain information from | |
349 | 459 | the Oklahoma Corporation Commission or other state agencies, to the | |
350 | 460 | extent information requested is not required to be kept confidentia l | |
351 | 461 | pursuant to some other requirement, regarding any of the matters as | |
352 | 462 | specified in this section relevant to the Council's duties. | |
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354 | 463 | J. The Council shall have the right to obtain information from | |
355 | 464 | counties, cities, towns, school districts, career technology | |
356 | 465 | districts, public trusts, or other entities or i nstrumentalities of | |
357 | 466 | local government, to the extent information requested i s not | |
358 | - | required to be kept confidential pursuant to some other requirement, | |
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359 | 468 | regarding any of the matters as specified in this section r elevant | |
360 | 469 | to the Council's duties. | |
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364 | 498 | E. The Council shall serve as the advisory board to the | |
365 | 499 | Oklahoma Broadband Office. | |
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367 | 500 | F. The Council shall advise the Office in developing and | |
368 | 501 | continually monitoring the Office's Plan related to: | |
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370 | 502 | 1. Identifying geographic areas it establishes pursuant to the | |
371 | 503 | Oklahoma Rural Broadband Expansion Act in order to develop its | |
372 | 504 | recommendations regarding the implementation of to be utilized in | |
373 | 505 | developing the Office's policies that are conducive to for | |
374 | 506 | establishing or improving rural broadband access in the state. | |
375 | 507 | pursuant to the Oklahoma Broadband Expansion Act ; | |
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377 | 508 | L. The Council shall focus on the 2. Assessing the financial | |
378 | 509 | viability of broadband service providers so that a broadband netwo rk | |
379 | 510 | is adequately supported in its operations, that needed repairs and | |
380 | 511 | upgrades can be undertaken on a timely basis and that the go al of | |
381 | 512 | having a quality long-term broadband service delivery system for | |
382 | 513 | rural areas across the state is achieved and maintained .; | |
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384 | 514 | M. The Council shall give emphasis to maintaining 3. | |
385 | 515 | Maintaining the viability of the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund and | |
386 | 516 | give consideration to whether similar u niversal funds should be | |
387 | 517 | implemented in order to facilitate broadband expansion and | |
388 | 518 | operational costs for underserved areas.; and | |
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390 | 519 | N. The Council shall give emphasis to the prevention of 4. | |
391 | 520 | Preventing duplication of facilities and investment when it the | |
392 | 521 | Office makes policy grant recommendations. The With the input of | |
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393 | 549 | the Council, the Oklahoma Broadband Office shall establish objective | |
394 | 550 | standards in order to determine whether the construction of rural | |
395 | 551 | broadband access constitutes duplication of facilities a nd | |
396 | 552 | investment and also the role of any recommended incentives that | |
397 | 553 | would benefit entities in the private sector so that public | |
398 | 554 | resources are effectively utilized and that duplication of efforts | |
399 | 555 | is avoided. | |
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401 | 556 | O. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall crea te a dedicated | |
402 | 557 | webpage or website in order to allow public access to the actions | |
403 | - | and recommendations of the Council. The webpage or website shall | |
558 | + | and recommendations of the Council. The webpage or website shall | |
404 | 559 | contain the mapping system required by subsection G of this sect ion | |
405 | 560 | and its related information. | |
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407 | 561 | P. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce shall provide | |
408 | 562 | administrative support to the Council and shall utilize the Digital | |
409 | 563 | Transformation Program Revolving Fund for expenses related to such | |
410 | 564 | administrative support as provide d by Section 36 of Title 62 of the | |
411 | 565 | Oklahoma Statutes. | |
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413 | 566 | Q. The Rural Broadband Expansion Council shall submit an annual | |
414 | 567 | report, not later than January 31, summarizing discussions, | |
415 | 568 | testimony, analysis, information or other actions and significant | |
416 | 569 | events during the preceding calendar year and containing the | |
417 | 570 | recommendations, if any, by the Council for legislation, action by | |
418 | 571 | executive branch agencies or other actions in furtherance of the | |
419 | 572 | mission and duties of the Council. The report shall be submitted to | |
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420 | 600 | the Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives | |
421 | 601 | and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate. | |
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423 | 602 | R. On or before October 31, 2021, the Council shall develop a | |
424 | 603 | set of broadband incentive award guidelines for recommendation to | |
425 | 604 | the State Legislature. The Council shall submit a copy of the | |
426 | 605 | guidelines to the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, | |
427 | 606 | the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, and to the | |
428 | 607 | chairs of the appropriate legislative committees. The guidelines | |
429 | 608 | shall: | |
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431 | 609 | 1. Consider a weighted approach for awarding incentives based | |
432 | 610 | upon the following: | |
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434 | 611 | a. the area's need for services, including, but not | |
435 | 612 | limited to, whether the area is underserved, unserved, | |
436 | 613 | rural or urban, | |
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438 | 614 | b. whether there are existing broadband assets in the | |
439 | 615 | area, based on the statewide map , | |
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441 | 616 | c. whether existing federal, state, local, tribal or | |
442 | 617 | private resources have been allocated to broadband | |
443 | 618 | services in the area, | |
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445 | 619 | d. a preference for federal, state, local, tribal or | |
446 | 620 | private partnerships, and | |
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449 | 622 | extended period of time; and | |
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451 | 650 | 2. Recommend any necessary controls including, but not limited | |
452 | 651 | to, capping the dollar amount of awards, allowing for an auditing | |
453 | 652 | process, and a process that allows for award clawbacks . These | |
454 | 653 | controls shall be in plac e to ensure the maximum efficiency of the | |
455 | 654 | incentive award and to protect against waste, fraud or abuse. | |
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457 | 655 | G. The Council shall receive administrative support from the | |
458 | 656 | Oklahoma Broadband Office . | |
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460 | 657 | SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be c odified | |
461 | 658 | in the Oklahoma Statu tes as Section 9204 of Title 74, unless there | |
462 | 659 | is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: | |
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464 | 660 | A. There is hereby created until June 30, 2028, the Oklahoma | |
465 | 661 | Broadband Office, to serve as the state's sole administrator o f the | |
466 | 662 | functions, powers, and duties assigned to the Office in this act or | |
467 | 663 | under law. Effective June 30, 2028, the Office shall terminate a nd | |
468 | 664 | all personnel positions shall be abolished. The Office shall | |
469 | 665 | utilize the year prior to the termination date for the purpose of | |
470 | 666 | ceasing the Office's affairs. | |
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472 | 667 | B. The Office shall receive administrative assistance from the | |
473 | 668 | Office of Management and Enterp rise Services (OMES), which shall | |
474 | 669 | provide, through existing OMES resources, administrative assis tance | |
475 | 670 | upon request in writing or electronic correspondence from the | |
476 | 671 | Office's Executive Director, within a reasonable time to allow the | |
477 | 672 | performance of the Office 's duties or respond in writing within ten | |
478 | 673 | (10) days of the request providing reasons why the request cannot be | |
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479 | 701 | fulfilled. If the request cannot be fulfilled utilizing existing | |
480 | 702 | resources, OMES may charge the Office for the actual cost to fulfill | |
481 | 703 | the request. | |
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483 | 704 | C. The Office shall be governed by the Broadband Governing | |
484 | 705 | Board, created pursuant to Section 3 of this act. | |
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486 | 706 | D. The Office shall be advised by the Broadband Expansion | |
487 | 707 | Council, created pursuant to Section 4 of this act. | |
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489 | 708 | E. The Office shall have an Executive Director who shall | |
490 | 709 | oversee the operations of the Office including, but not limited to: | |
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492 | 710 | 1. Overseeing the creation, maintenance, and completion of the | |
493 | 711 | Statewide Broadband Plan; | |
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495 | 712 | 2. Communicating the state's progress in achieving the goals | |
496 | 713 | and implementation of the Statewide Broadband Plan; | |
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498 | 714 | 3. The creation, housing, and updating of a statewide broadband | |
499 | 715 | services map; | |
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501 | 716 | 4. Overseeing of grant applications and awards for connectivity | |
502 | 717 | and affordability projects; | |
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504 | 718 | 5. Making recommendations to the Board r egarding procedural and | |
505 | 719 | administrative rules for the Office; and | |
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507 | 720 | 6. Employment and management of Office staff subject to the | |
508 | 721 | limitations and requirements of this act and subject to the | |
509 | 722 | limitations and requirements of the Broadband Governing Board. | |
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511 | 723 | F. The Executive Director shall regularly report to the Council | |
512 | 724 | and the Board and shall submit an annual report to the Offic e of the | |
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513 | 752 | Speaker of the Oklah oma House of Representatives and the Office of | |
514 | 753 | the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate. | |
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516 | 754 | SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | |
517 | 755 | in the Oklahoma Statute s as Section 9205 of Title 74, unless there | |
518 | 756 | is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fol lows: | |
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520 | 757 | A. The Oklahoma Broadband Office shall: | |
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522 | 758 | 1. Conduct a study of and continually monitor broadband access | |
523 | 759 | in the state to assess: | |
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525 | 760 | a. existing capabilities to access broadband | |
526 | 761 | telecommunication services, | |
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528 | 762 | b. the costs of obtaining broadband services from | |
529 | 763 | existing providers, | |
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531 | 764 | c. the estimated cost to improve broadband access, and | |
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533 | 765 | d. the likelihood of changes in broadband access in the | |
534 | 766 | near and intermediate future based on available | |
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538 | 769 | 2. Maintain, update, and execute the Statewide Broadband Plan | |
539 | 770 | as necessary. | |
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541 | 771 | B. The Office shall incorporate the information as described in | |
542 | 772 | subsection A of this section into a mapping system that depicts | |
543 | 773 | resources, broadband coverage, connectivity speeds, and other such | |
544 | 774 | features as the Office deems relevant. The Office may also purchase | |
545 | 775 | data sets it deems necessary to complete such mapping system. | |
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547 | 803 | C. The Office shall establish policies and regulations as may | |
548 | 804 | be necessary to implement the provisions of th is act. | |
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550 | 805 | D. The Office shall establish policy as needed to implement a | |
551 | 806 | process whereby impacted parties may challenge or protest data and | |
552 | 807 | information published on the Office's mapping system. The p rocess | |
553 | 808 | shall include, but not be limited to, features that: | |
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555 | 809 | 1. Are heard and ruled on at the Office level; | |
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557 | 810 | 2. Provide for a ruling by the Office within sixty (60) days of | |
558 | 811 | the submitted challenge or protest ; and | |
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560 | 812 | 3. Upon successful protest action, result in a timely | |
561 | 813 | correction of the map. | |
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563 | 814 | E. The Office shall perform and maintain a study of existing | |
564 | 815 | grants, incentives, and programs that may improve physical access to | |
565 | 816 | broadband along with adoption of broadband technologies. The | |
566 | 817 | grants, incentives, and programs may include federal funds, state | |
567 | 818 | funds or resources, tribal funds or resources, donated funds, or | |
568 | 819 | funding available from foundations, endowments or similar resources, | |
569 | 820 | state or local tax incentives, state or local financing incentives | |
570 | 821 | or options, or federal, tribal, state or local regul atory policies | |
571 | 822 | that would be conducive to improving existing broadband access or | |
572 | 823 | establishing access where it does not currently exist. The Office | |
573 | 824 | shall regularly report on the cu rrently available grants, | |
574 | 825 | incentives, and programs and how best to utilize each. | |
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576 | 853 | F. The Office shall create, and update no less than biannually, | |
577 | 854 | a Statewide Broadband Plan. The Plan shall detail what areas are | |
578 | 855 | served, underserved, or unserved according to the prevailing | |
579 | 856 | definitions of the FCC, and how best to improve the infrastructure | |
580 | 857 | and connectivity in underserved and unserved areas. The Plan shall | |
581 | - | include, but shall not be limited to, detailing a pathway for | |
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582 | 859 | ninety-five percent (95%) of the state's population to be adequately | |
583 | 860 | served by June 30, 2028. | |
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585 | 861 | G. The Office shall create the Capital Projects Fund Grant | |
586 | 862 | Report or provide the necessary information to the state entity | |
587 | 863 | drafting the Report. The Report shall be submitted to the | |
588 | 864 | Department of the Trea sury no later than September 24, 2022. The | |
589 | 865 | Office shall maintain the Report and submit any and all additional | |
590 | 866 | information as required. The Office shall work with the Joint | |
591 | 867 | Committee to ensure all approved broadband projects utilizing funds | |
592 | 868 | from the Capital Projects Fund follow the correct reporting | |
593 | 869 | requirements based on Department of Treasury guidance. | |
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595 | 870 | H. Additionally, the Office is authorized to seek, apply for, | |
596 | 871 | and administer funding through grant opportunities. The Office is | |
597 | 872 | also authorized to administer grant funding awards to recipients and | |
598 | 873 | subrecipients. | |
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600 | 874 | I. On or before October 31, 2022, the Office, with the advice | |
601 | 875 | of the Council, shall develop a set of broadband grants or incentive | |
602 | 876 | awards guidelines to be approved by the Board. The grants and | |
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603 | 904 | incentive awards shall be for unserved and underserved areas. The | |
604 | 905 | Office shall submit a copy of the guidelines to the Office of the | |
605 | 906 | Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, the Office of the | |
606 | 907 | President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate, and to the | |
607 | 908 | offices of the chairs of the appropriate legislative committees. | |
608 | 909 | The guidelines shall: | |
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610 | 910 | 1. Consider a weighted approach for awards based upon the | |
611 | 911 | following: | |
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613 | 912 | a. the area's need for services, including, but not | |
614 | 913 | limited to, whether the area is underserv ed or | |
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617 | 915 | b. whether there are existing broadband assets in the | |
618 | 916 | area, based on the statewide map, | |
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620 | 917 | c. whether existing federal, state, l ocal, tribal, or | |
621 | 918 | private resources have been allocated to broadband | |
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624 | 920 | d. a preference for federal, state, local, tribal, or | |
625 | 921 | private partnerships, and | |
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628 | 923 | extended period of time; | |
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630 | 924 | 2. Recommend any necessary controls including, but not limited | |
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632 | 926 | process, and a process that allows for award clawbacks. These | |
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634 | 955 | incentive award and to protect against waste, fraud, or abuse; and | |
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636 | 956 | 3. Include annual reporting requirements of a ward recipients to | |
637 | 957 | assess effectiveness of such incentives which shall include, but not | |
638 | 958 | be limited to, changes in coverage resulting from imple menting | |
639 | 959 | awarded grants and incentives. | |
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641 | 960 | SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | |
642 | 961 | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Secti on 9206 of Title 74, unless there | |
643 | 962 | is created a duplication in n umbering, reads as follows: | |
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645 | 963 | A. State agencies, counties, cities, towns, school districts, | |
646 | 964 | career technology districts, institutions of higher education, | |
647 | 965 | public trusts, other entities or instrumentalities of local | |
648 | 966 | government, and Internet service provider s shall, at the request of | |
649 | 967 | the Oklahoma Broadband Office, provide information to the Office | |
650 | 968 | regarding any matters as specified in this act relevant to the | |
651 | 969 | Office's duties. | |
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653 | 970 | B. The Office shall m aintain confidentiality as required by law | |
654 | 971 | for all information provided under the provisions of this sec tion. | |
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656 | 972 | SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | |
657 | 973 | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9207 of Title 74, unless there | |
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660 | 975 | A. By December 31, 2022, the Executive Director of t he Oklahoma | |
661 | 976 | Broadband Office shall identify all programs, personnel, and assets | |
662 | 977 | within state government that are duplicative or complementary to t he | |
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663 | 1005 | mission of the Office and of such recommend which programs, | |
664 | 1006 | personnel, and assets the Executive Director identifies as needing | |
665 | 1007 | to be transferred to the Office, except as provided in subsection s C | |
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668 | 1009 | B. Upon the receipt of the recomm endation provided for in | |
669 | 1010 | subsection A of this section, the Director of the Office of | |
670 | 1011 | Management and Enterprise Services is authorized to transfer such | |
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673 | 1013 | C. The following shall be exempt from the provisions of | |
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676 | 1015 | 1. Those assets or personnel associated with broadband and | |
677 | 1016 | Internet connectivity at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission; | |
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679 | 1017 | 2. Those assets or personnel associated with the Oklahoma | |
680 | - | Universal Service Fund located at the Oklahoma Corporation | |
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683 | 1019 | 3. Assets owned by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation | |
684 | 1020 | and the staff required to operate said assets. | |
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686 | 1021 | D. Programs, personnel, an d assets of the Oklahoma State | |
687 | 1022 | Regents for Higher Education, identified by the Executive Director | |
688 | 1023 | as duplicative or complementary to the mission of the Office, shall | |
689 | 1024 | be made available as agreed to in con tracts between the Office and | |
690 | 1025 | the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education following a | |
691 | 1026 | recommendation by the Executive Director to the Oklahoma State | |
692 | 1027 | Regents for Higher Education. Should the Office and the Oklahoma | |
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694 | 1056 | agreements within ninety (90) days of the Executive Director's | |
695 | 1057 | recommendation, the Executive Direct or shall provide written | |
696 | 1058 | notification of a failure to reach contractual agreement to the | |
697 | 1059 | Broadband Governing Board, the Speaker of th e Oklahoma House of | |
698 | 1060 | Representatives, and the President Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State | |
699 | 1061 | Senate. | |
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701 | 1062 | SECTION 9. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified | |
702 | 1063 | in the Oklahoma Stat utes as Section 9208 of Title 74, unless there | |
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705 | 1065 | No funds received by the State Treasury dedicated to broadband | |
706 | 1066 | through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, Public | |
707 | 1067 | Law 117-58, by earlier federal l egislation, by state appropriation, | |
708 | 1068 | or any subsequent federal funding dedicated to broadband shall be | |
709 | 1069 | expended by the state, except as authorized by the Oklahoma | |
710 | 1070 | Broadband Office. | |
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712 | 1071 | SECTION 10. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codif ied | |
713 | 1072 | in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9209 of Title 74, unless there | |
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716 | 1074 | A. The Office, with the participation and advice of the | |
717 | 1075 | Broadband Expansion Council and approval from the Board, shall | |
718 | 1076 | establish the State Broadband Grant Program. The Program shall | |
719 | 1077 | include development of competitive grants to be awarded to | |
720 | 1078 | applicants seeking to expand access to broadband Internet services | |
721 | 1079 | in this state, focusing on areas considered unserved and underserved | |
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722 | 1107 | by the FCC. The Office, Council, and Board shall examine best | |
723 | 1108 | practices in other states to facilitate the framework of the | |
724 | 1109 | Program. The Office shall administer the Program. | |
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726 | 1110 | B. No grants shall be developed or awar ded under the provisions | |
727 | 1111 | of this program that w ould duplicate existing broadband Internet | |
728 | 1112 | services in this state. | |
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730 | 1113 | C. In the administration of the grant program auth orized by | |
731 | 1114 | this section, the Office shall secure service testing dat a to ensure | |
732 | 1115 | grant recipients provide the service or services proposed by such | |
733 | 1116 | recipients when applying for such grants. | |
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735 | 1117 | D. All grant awards authorized pursuant to the provi sions of | |
736 | 1118 | this section shall include a clawback provision. For purposes of | |
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738 | 1120 | precedent to participate in the program whereby a grant recipient | |
739 | 1121 | formally agrees to reimburse the program all or part of a grant | |
740 | 1122 | award upon the failure of the recipient to fulfill contract terms | |
741 | 1123 | included in the grant award. | |
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743 | 1124 | E. There is hereby created in the State Treas ury a revolving | |
744 | 1125 | fund for the Office to be designated the "State Broadband Grant | |
745 | 1126 | Program Revolving Fund". The revolving fund shall be a continuing | |
746 | 1127 | fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of | |
747 | 1128 | all monies designated for deposit to said fund. All monies accruing | |
748 | 1129 | to the credit of said revolving fund are hereby appropriated and may | |
749 | 1130 | be budgeted and expended by the Office for purposes of awarding | |
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750 | 1158 | grants by and through the Office pursuant to subsection A of this | |
751 | 1159 | section and for the operating expenses of the Office. | |
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753 | 1160 | SECTION 11. AMENDATORY 17 O.S. 2021, Section 139.203, is | |
754 | 1161 | amended to read as follows: | |
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756 | 1162 | Section 139.203 A. On or before October 31, 2021 2022, and | |
757 | 1163 | annually thereafter, in accordance with the FCC Data Collection and | |
758 | 1164 | Methodology, private broadband service providers operating in this | |
759 | 1165 | state and satellite-based broadband private providers that hav e been | |
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1166 | + | designated as an eligible telecommunica tions carrier pursuant to 47 | |
761 | 1167 | U.S.C., Section 214(e)(6) for any portion of Oklahoma, hereinafter | |
762 | 1168 | referred to as "private providers", shall submit to the Oklahoma | |
763 | 1169 | Department of Commerce and the Rural Broadband Ex pansion Council | |
764 | 1170 | Oklahoma Broadband Office the broadband network area coverage map | |
765 | 1171 | data the private providers are required to submit to the Federal | |
766 | 1172 | Communications Commission FCC pursuant to the federal Broadband | |
767 | 1173 | Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act, 47 U.S.C., | |
768 | 1174 | Section 641 et seq. The map data shall be updated annually thro ugh | |
769 | 1175 | a supplemental submission by the private providers that reflects | |
770 | 1176 | changes in area coverage from the preceding year, including updates | |
771 | 1177 | that are the result of incentives and grants created, administered, | |
772 | 1178 | or awarded by the Office. The Department Office is authorized to | |
773 | 1179 | promulgate rules for the collection of the broadband network area | |
774 | 1180 | coverage map reports from the private providers. | |
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776 | 1208 | B. On or before October 31 of each year, OneNet, the Office of | |
777 | 1209 | Management and Enterprise Servic es, the Oklahoma Corporation | |
778 | 1210 | Commission, and the Oklahoma Departm ent of Transportation, | |
779 | 1211 | hereinafter referred to as "public entities", shall submit to the | |
780 | 1212 | Oklahoma Department of Commerce Office and the Rural Broadband | |
781 | 1213 | Expansion Council broadband network area coverage map data of all | |
782 | 1214 | assets and network coverage in the for mat requested by the Oklahoma | |
783 | 1215 | Department of Commerce and Council Office. | |
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785 | 1216 | C. Private providers and pu blic entities shall disclose to the | |
786 | 1217 | Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Rural Broadband Expansion | |
787 | 1218 | Council Office the properties they serve and the maxi mum advertised | |
788 | 1219 | download and upload speeds at which they provide any Internet | |
789 | 1220 | services to those properties, and shall be afforded by the Oklahoma | |
790 | 1221 | Department of Commerce and the Council a process to petition for | |
791 | 1222 | correction of potential inaccuracies in the ma p. | |
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793 | 1223 | D. The reports and information required to be disclosed | |
794 | 1224 | pursuant to this section by private providers shall remain | |
795 | 1225 | confidential pursuant to Section 24A.10 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma | |
796 | 1226 | Statutes. The Council Office shall determine the required | |
797 | 1227 | submission format of the data submitted under the provisions of this | |
798 | 1228 | act. In no instance shall private providers be required to submit | |
799 | 1229 | any data, in substantive content or form or schedule, beyond or in | |
800 | 1230 | advance of the data described in subsection A of this section, or | |
801 | 1231 | any data containing customer information, such as names, addresses | |
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802 | 1259 | or account numbers. The Department shall use a third party to | |
803 | 1260 | collect the data submitted by private providers under the provisions | |
804 | - | of this act. The third party shall deliver data to th e Department | |
1261 | + | of this act. The third party shall deliver data to th e Department | |
805 | 1262 | following a white label process to remove information identifying | |
806 | 1263 | specific providers. | |
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808 | 1264 | E. On or before December 1 of each year, the Department and the | |
809 | 1265 | Council Office shall update the statewide broadband services map | |
810 | 1266 | required by subsection G E of Section 139.202 of Title 17 of the | |
811 | 1267 | Oklahoma Statutes 5 of this act using the data collected under the | |
812 | 1268 | provisions of this act in a manner that identifies the assets and | |
813 | 1269 | service areas of the public entities while displaying anonymiz ed | |
814 | 1270 | information, without reference to any specific private provider, of | |
815 | 1271 | the assets and service areas of private providers. | |
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817 | 1272 | F. After the FCC comple tes the national Broadband Serviceable | |
818 | 1273 | Location Fabric and accompanying National Broadband Availability | |
819 | 1274 | Map, the Rural Broadband Expansion Council shall annually evaluate | |
820 | 1275 | whether the State of Oklahoma needs to continue producing an | |
821 | 1276 | annually updated statewi de broadband map in accordance with the | |
822 | 1277 | provisions of this section. | |
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824 | 1278 | SECTION 12. RECODIFICATION 17 O.S. 2021, Section | |
825 | 1279 | 139.201, as amended by Section 1 of this act, shall be recodified as | |
826 | 1280 | Section 9200 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is | |
827 | 1281 | created a duplication in numbering. | |
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829 | 1309 | SECTION 13. RECODIFICATION 17 O.S. 2021, Section | |
830 | 1310 | 139.202, as amended by Section 4 of this act, shall be recodified as | |
831 | 1311 | Section 9203 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless there is | |
832 | 1312 | created a duplication in numbering. | |
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834 | 1313 | SECTION 14. RECODIFICATION 17 O.S. 2021, Section | |
835 | 1314 | 139.203, as amended by Section 11 of this act, shall be recodified | |
836 | 1315 | as Section 9210 of Title 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes, un less there | |
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839 | 1317 | SECTION 15. REPEALER 17 O.S. 2021, Section 139.204, is | |
840 | 1318 | hereby repealed. | |
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842 | 1319 | SECTION 16. It being immediately necessary for the preservation | |
843 | 1320 | of the public peace, healt h or safety, an emergency is hereby | |
844 | 1321 | declared to exist, by r eason whereof this act shall ta ke effect and | |
845 | 1322 | be in full force from and after its passage and approval. | |
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847 | - | Passed the House of Representatives the 23rd day of March, 2022. | |
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853 | - | of Representatives | |
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856 | - | Passed the Senate the 28th day of April, 2022. | |
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865 | - | OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR | |
866 | - | Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________ | |
867 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
868 | - | By: _________________________________ | |
869 | - | Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____ | |
870 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
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873 | - | _________________________________ | |
874 | - | Governor of the State of Oklahoma | |
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876 | - | OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STAT E | |
877 | - | Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________ | |
878 | - | day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M. | |
879 | - | By: _________________________________ | |
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