Indiana Code 4-4-41-9. Broadband connectivity grants; grant agreements; grant amounts
(1) award a grant from the fund to a provider selected by the office under section 8(g) of this chapter to extend broadband Internet service to an address; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-4-41-9
- broadband Internet: means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least fifty (50) megabits per second downstream and at least five (5) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection. See Indiana Code 4-4-41-1
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- fund: refers to the rural broadband fund established by Indiana Code 4-4-41-2
- office: refers to the office of community and rural affairs established by Indiana Code 4-4-41-4
(A) the provider agrees to extend broadband Internet service to the address; and
(B) the office agrees to distribute the amount of the grant to the provider upon the provider’s satisfactory completion of extension of broadband Internet service to the address and the provider’s submission of:
(i) an invoice for the provider’s expenses in extending broadband Internet service to the address; and
(ii) a statement that broadband Internet service is now available at the address.
(b) The amount of a grant under this section may not exceed the following:
(1) A per-line extension amount that exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), regardless of the number of addresses served by the line extension.
(2) A per-passing amount that exceeds the state’s cost per passing for all grants awarded from the fund under IC 4-4-38.5 as of the last day of the immediately preceding state fiscal year, as calculated by the office.
As added by P.L.89-2021, SEC.11 and P.L.158-2021, SEC.2.