§ 4-4-43-1 — Geographic information system for broadband coverage; evaluation of Federal Communications Commission Internet coverage map

Indiana § 4-4-43-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 4: LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
• Ch. 43: Indiana Broadband Mapping Program

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(a) The office may maintain a geographic
information system or similar data base that contains spatial data
regarding the availability of broadband Internet service in Indiana.
(b) The office may create and may, subject to subsection (c),
regularly update the data base using broadband Internet coverage
information compiled by the Federal Communications Commission.
(c) Not later than July 1, 2022, the office:
(1) may evaluate the broadband Internet coverage map created by
the Federal Communications Commission under the Broadband
Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act (Public
Law 116-130); and
(2) if the office determines that the map provides broadband
Internet coverage information:
(A) at a level of detail that allows for determination of
broadband Internet availability at individual Indiana addresses;
or
(B) at a level of detail greater than that of the broadband
Internet coverage map provided by the office on the office's
website;
may use the information to update the broadband Internet
coverage map provided by the office on the office's website.
(d) If the office determines in the office's evaluation under
subsection (c) that the map does not provide broadband Internet
coverage information:
(1) at a level of detail that allows for determination of broadband
Internet availability at individual Indiana addresses; or
(2) at a level of detail greater than that of the broadband Internet
coverage map provided by the office on the office's website;
the office shall present the office's determination to the interim study
committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications during the
2022 legislative interim.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.158-2021, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2025, SEC.15.