§ 9-12-1503 — Application contents; application modification

(a) An applicant for funding under this article shall
provide the following information on the application:
(i) The location of the project, including a
shapefile depicting the location and boundaries of the proposed
project area or, for a middle-mile project, a map depicting the
location and endpoints;
(ii) The kind and amount of broadband infrastructure
to be deployed for the project, including initial speeds to be
achieved and initial price of the service to be provided;
(iii) Evidence regarding the unserved nature of the
area where the project is to be located;
(iv) The number of households and businesses passed
that will have access to broadband service as a result of the
project, or whose broadband service will be upgraded as a result
of the project;
(v) Significant community institutions and industries
that will benefit from the project;
(vi) Evidence of community support for the project;
(vii) The total cost of the project, including a
business plan;
(viii) Sources of funding or in-kind contributions
for the project that will supplement any funding under this
article, including an examination of any federal grants
available to the project. The application shall identify the
amount of funding for the project to be provided by each
governmental entity and by any business entity participating in
the project. Funding provided by any other state source shall be
specifically identified;
(ix) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 139, § 3.
(x) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 139, § 3.
(xi) Acknowledgement by the governing body, and any
partnering business entity by a person with legal authority to
bind the business entity, that funding may only be provided in
accordance with a contract executed in conformance with this
article and is subject to availability and approval of
distribution of funds;
(xii) If the application is not submitted jointly
with a business entity, an account of the request for proposals
issued by the governmental entity applying and responses to the
request, if any;
(xiii) Additional information requested by the
council.
(b) The council may require an applicant to submit
additional information to enable the council to properly assess
the application for funding. The council may request an
applicant to modify an application based on current broadband
access in the proposed geographic broadband service area before
awarding funding under this article.
(c) The council shall, after providing opportunity for
public comment, promulgate rules on or before September 1, 2021
that identify the nature and type of information provided by
broadband providers to the council that shall be treated as
confidential, trade secret or proprietary and that shall be
protected from disclosure to the public. The following
information shall not be considered confidential, trade secret
or proprietary and shall be subject to disclosure to the public:
(i) Publicly available information;
(ii) The name of a broadband grant applicant and the
amount of funding sought in their application;
(iii) Information which is to be publicly posted,
provided to other carriers or provided to a legislative
committee pursuant to W.S. 9-12-1504(a), 9-12-1507 or any other
provision in this article;
(iv) The recipient and the amount of any broadband
grant award;
(v) Information supplied by a broadband provider with
consent from the provider to treat the supplied information as
public information; and
(vi) Information deemed public information by the
council after a hearing on the issue.