PCS for HB 1543 (2022) — An act relating to broadband infrastructure
Summary
PCS for HB 1543 (2022), a bill text entitled an act relating to broadband infrastructure. Section 1 adds paragraph (g) to subsection (4) of section 288.9961, Florida Statutes, so that the Florida Office of Broadband administers reimbursements under section 288.9964. Section 2 creates section 288.9964, under which a person eligible to apply for a grant award under section 288.9962 may apply to the office for reimbursement of pole replacement costs, subject to availability of funds. By January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, the office publishes a list of reimbursement applications on its website and provides it to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Section 3 sets the effective date at July 1, 2022.
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to broadband infrastructure; amending
3 s. 288.9961, F.S.; revising the duties of the Florida
4 Office of Broadband to include administering
5 reimbursements under newly created s. 288.9964, F.S.;
6 creating s. 288.9964, F.S.; authorizing certain
7 persons to apply to the office for reimbursement of
8 certain pole replacement costs, subject to
9 availability of funds; defining pole replacement
10 costs; providing conditions under which costs are
11 eligible for reimbursement; providing for
12 applications; requiring certain information to be
13 reported and published annually by the office;
14 requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to
15 adopt implementing rules; providing an effective date.
16
17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
18
19 Section 1. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (4) of
20 section 288.9961, Florida Statutes, to read:
21 288.9961 Promotion of broadband adoption; Florida Office
22 of Broadband.—
23 (4) FLORIDA OFFICE OF BROADBAND.—The Florida Office of
24 Broadband is created within the Division of Community
25 Development in the department for the purpose of developing,
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26 marketing, and promoting broadband Internet services in this
27 state. The office, in the performance of its duties, shall do
28 all of the following:
29 (g) Administer reimbursements under s. 288.9964.
30 Section 2. Section 288.9964, Florida Statutes, is created
31 to read:
32 288.9964 Reimbursement of certain pole replacement costs.—
33 (1) Any person eligible to apply for a grant award under
34 s. 288.9962 may apply to the office for reimbursement of pole
35 replacement costs as specified in this section, subject to
36 availability of funds. If funds disbursed or awarded to the
37 state by the federal government are used to provide
38 reimbursement under this section, such use must comply with any
39 requirements or conditions for use of the federal funds .
40 (2) For purposes of this section, pole replacement costs
41 are the actual costs incurred by an eligible applicant:
42 (a) To remove and dispose of one or more existing poles
43 that are owned by an electric utility as defined in s.
44 366.02(2), a communications services provider as defined in s.
45 366.02(5), a cable television operator, or a local exchange
46 carrier and that are used in whole or in part to distribute
47 electricity or provide wireline communications service;
48 (b) To purchase and install one or more replacement poles;
49 and
50 (c) To transfer to such replacement pole or poles any
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51 facilities previously attached to the pole or poles that were
52 removed and replaced.
53 (3) Pole replacement costs are eligible for reimbursement
54 under this section if:
55 (a) The costs are actually incurred by an eligible
56 applicant to install or deploy infrastructure to support the
57 provision of broadband Internet service to customers in an
58 unserved area;
59 (b) Federal or state funds have not been awarded to a
60 broadband Internet service provider to install or deploy
61 infrastructure to support the provision of broadband Internet
62 service to customers in the same area; and
63 (c) The applicant has not applied for any other federal or
64 state funds to install or deploy infrastructure to support the
65 provision of broadband Internet service to customers in the same
66 area.
67 (4) Applications for reimbursement of pole replacement
68 costs under this section shall provide information sufficient to
69 establish the actual amount of the costs incurred and eligible
70 for reimbursement and such other information as required by the
71 office and shall be submitted in a form specified by the office.
72 (5) By January 1, 2023, and each year thereafter, the
73 office shall publish on its website and provide to the Governor,
74 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
75 Representatives, a list of all reimbursement applications
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76 received during the previous fiscal year and for each
77 application:
78 (a) The reimbursement amounts requested;
79 (b) The reimbursement amounts awarded, if any; and
80 (c) To the extent available, the number of end-use
81 locations, by customer class, to which broadband Internet
82 service has been made available through pole replacements
83 supported by this section.
84 (6) The department shall adopt rules to implement this
85 section. Such rules may specify maximum annual reimburseme nt
86 amounts per applicant and maximum reimbursement amounts per
87 eligible pole replacement.
88 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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