Indian nations, tribes and pueblos may connect to an agency-owned or -operated statewide broadband network in exchange for a mutually agreed upon right-of-way agreement or a service agreement with the chief information officer. The chief information officer shall apply for reimbursements from the federal universal service fund pursuant to Section 254 of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C.

254, as such section existed on January 1, 2006, on behalf of Indian nations, tribes and pueblos that execute a right-of-way agreement or service agreement.