§ 74-9210 — Private providers network area coverage map data.

A. On or before October 31, 2022, and annually thereafter, in accordance with the FCC Data Collection and Methodology, private broadband service providers operating in this state and satellite- based broadband private providers that have been designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to 47 U.S.C., Section 214(e)(6) for any portion of Oklahoma, hereinafter referred to as "private providers", shall submit to the Oklahoma Broadband Office the broadband network area coverage map data the private providers are required to submit to the FCC pursuant to the federal Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act, 47 U.S.C., Section 641 et seq. The map data shall be updated annually through a supplemental submission by the private providers that reflects changes in area coverage from the preceding year, including updates that are the result of incentives and grants created, administered, or awarded by the Office. The Office is authorized to promulgate rules for the collection of the broadband network area coverage map reports from the private providers. B. On or before October 31 of each year, OneNet, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, hereinafter referred to as "public entities", shall submit to the Office and the Broadband Expansion Council broadband network area coverage map data of all assets and network coverage in the format requested by the Office. C. Private providers and public entities shall disclose to the Office the properties they serve and the maximum advertised download and upload speeds at which they provide any Internet services to those properties. D. The reports and information required to be disclosed pursuant to this section by private providers shall remain confidential pursuant to Section 24A.10 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Office shall determine the required submission format of the data submitted under the provisions of this act. E. On or before December 1 of each year, the Office shall update the statewide broadband services map required by subsection E of Section 5 of this act using the data collected under the provisions of this act in a manner that identifies the assets and service areas of the public entities while displaying anonymized information, without reference to any specific private provider, of the assets and service areas of private providers.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 2021, c. 257, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 2021. Amended by Laws 2022, c. 229, § 11, emerg. eff. May 6, 2022. Renumbered from § 139.203 of Title 17 by Laws 2022, c. 229, § 14, emerg. eff. May 6, 2022.