§ 4-4-38-7 — Grants for qualified broadband projects; priorities; publication of applications; comments or objections

(a) Subject to:
(1) subsection (b); and
(2) section 8 of this chapter;
the office shall establish procedures for awarding grants from the fund
to qualified broadband providers for qualified broadband project
expenses incurred in connection with qualified broadband projects.
(b) In awarding grants under this chapter, the office shall establish
the following priorities:
(1) First, extending the deployment of qualified broadband service
to areas in which:
(A) Internet connections are unavailable; or
(B) the only available Internet connections provide capacity for
transmission at an actual speed of less than ten (10) megabits
per second downstream.
(2) Second, extending the deployment of high speed Internet
service to areas in which the only available Internet connections
provide capacity for transmission at an actual speed of:
(A) not less than ten (10) megabits; and
(B) not more than twenty-five (25) megabits;
per second downstream.
(c) Subject to section 11 of this chapter, the office shall publish on
the office's website all grant applications received by the office under
this chapter. For each grant application received, the office shall
establish a period of at least thirty (30) days from the date the
application is published on the office's website under this subsection,
during which time the office will accept comments or objections
concerning the application. The office shall consider all comments or
objections received under this subsection in making a determination as
to whether to award a grant to an applicant under this chapter.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.177-2018, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.215-2018(ss), SEC.1; P.L.189-2019, SEC.4; P.L.1-2025, SEC.10.