§ 41-28-17 — Applicability to Certain Entities; Technical Consultation and Procurement; Long-Distance Service

The provisions of this chapter concerning telecommunications, information technology, or cybersecurity equipment, services, and solutioning shall not apply to any county or city board of education, the Alabama Educational Television Commission, entities that originated within the State Department of Education, the Alabama Community College System, or any public four-year institution of higher education. Upon request, the office may provide technical consultation and procurement services for telecommunications, information technology, or cybersecurity to any county or city board of education, the Alabama Educational Television Commission, the Alabama Community College System, and any public four-year institution of higher education. The county and city boards of education, the Alabama Educational Television Commission, the Alabama Community College System, and public four-year institutions of higher education shall continue to be provided instate and out-of-state long distance voice service by the office, so long as funding is provided to the Telecommunications Revolving Fund from the Education Trust Fund, and shall not be required to pay any additional charge for that service; however, any county or city board of education shall have the option of utilizing the office for instate and out-of-state long distance voice service only if reimbursement for actual costs are remitted to the office.

Legislative History

(Act 2025-369, §2.)