Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "qualified broadband provider" means any company, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that, at the time of submission of a grant application under this chapter:
(1) either:
(A) has been providing broadband service to at least one hundred (100) residences and businesses in Indiana for at least three (3) consecutive years; or
(B) is:
(i) a corporation organized under IC 8-1-13; or
(ii) a corporation organized under IC 23-17 that is an electric cooperative and that has at least one (1) member that is a corporation organized under IC 8-1-13;
that provides or will provide, alone or in conjunction with one (1) or more other legal entities, broadband service within the corporation's electric service territory; and
(2) has demonstrated, to the satisfaction of the office:
(A) financial;
(B) technical; and
(C) operational;
capability in building and operating a broadband network.
As added by P.L.177-2018, SEC.5.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 4. State Offices and Administration
Article 4. Lieutenant Governor
Chapter 38. Broadband Grants for Unserved Areas
4-4-38-2. "Qualified Broadband Project"
4-4-38-3. "Qualified Broadband Project Expenses"
4-4-38-4. "Qualified Broadband Provider"
4-4-38-5. "Qualified Broadband Service"
4-4-38-8. Awarding of Grants; Required Considerations; Conditions
4-4-38-9. Office to Adopt Guidelines; Collaboration With State and Local Agencies
4-4-38-10. Annual Report to General Assembly; Contents
4-4-38-11. Confidential or Proprietary Business Information; Nondisclosure
4-4-38-12. Awarding of Grants From Fund Before August 1, 2019