§ 51:2370.21 A. There is hereby created a grant program to be known as the “Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities 2.0” program, hereinafter referred to in this Subpart as the “
§ 51:2370.22 As used in this Subpart, the following terms have the following meanings:
§ 51:2370.23 The office may use up to one percent of the appropriated funds to administer the GUMBO 2.0 program. The office may use an additional one percent of the appropriated funds to hire thi
§ 51:2370.24 A. The office shall have the authority and responsibility to promulgate rules that are consistent with requirements promulgated by the assistant secretary pursuant to the IIJA, BEAD
§ 51:2370.25 A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Subpart to the contrary, all records related to the GUMBO 2.0 program are public records as provided by the Public Records Law, R.S. 44:1 et
§ 51:2370.26 A. A grant recipient is required to provide matching funds in accordance with state law and rules promulgated by the office. A grant recipient shall contribute from its own funds a m
§ 51:2370.27 A. The office shall have the authority and responsibility to promulgate rules that are consistent with requirements promulgated by or guidance of the assistant secretary pursuant to
§ 51:2370.28 A. If the protest of a grant award is not resolved by mutual agreement, the director or his designee shall, within fourteen business days, issue a decision in writing. The decision s
§ 51:2370.29 The office will conduct an implementation meeting with a grant recipient within thirty days of execution of a grant agreement and will make reporting templates and instructions avail
§ 51:2370.30 A. A grantee shall submit to the office an annual report for each funded project for the duration of a grant agreement. The report shall include a summary of the items contained in t
§ 51:2370.31 The division of administration shall be the designated agency for receipt and disbursement of state and federal funds received to implement the BEAD program. All federal grant funds
§ 51:2370.32 Reimbursements of eligible costs shall be made by percentage of total project costs expended: ten percent, thirty-five percent, sixty percent, eighty-five percent, and the final fift
§ 51:2370.33 A. A grant recipient forfeits the amount of a grant received if the grant recipient fails to perform, in material respect, the obligations established in law or in the grant agreemen

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 51 > Chapter 39 > Part VI-C > Subpart B - Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities 2.0

  • Agriculture: means the commercial planting, growing, harvesting, production, storage, processing, marketing, distribution, or export of any agricultural product, including but not limited to farm products, livestock and livestock products, poultry and poultry products, milk and dairy products, fruit and other horticultural products, and seafood and aquacultural products. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assistant secretary: means the assistant secretary of the United States Department of Commerce for Communications and Information. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Broadband data maps: means the maps created in accordance with the provisions of 47 U. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Broadband service: means deployed mass-market retail internet access service with a minimum of one hundred megabits per second, or Mbps, download and at least twenty megabits per second upload transmission speeds. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Broadband-serviceable location: means a business or residential location in the United States at which fixed broadband internet access service is, or can be, installed. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Cooperative: means a corporation organized pursuant to Part I of Chapter 4 of Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 or a corporation that becomes subject to those provisions pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Corporation: means the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation as established in Part II of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2303
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: means the executive director of the office of broadband development and connectivity within the division of administration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • economic unit: consists of all adult individuals contributing to and sharing in the income and expenses of a household. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Eligible costs: means costs that are eligible for BEAD program funding as specified by the assistant secretary. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Eligible grant recipient: means a provider of broadband service, including a provider operated by a local government if the local government is compliant with the Local Government Fair Competition Act, La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Eligible parish: means any parish with unserved or underserved broadband-serviceable locations. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Enforceable commitment: means any location that is already subject to a legally enforceable federal, state, or local commitment to deploy broadband. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Fund: means the Louisiana Economic Development Fund. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2332
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Household: means any individual or group of individuals who are living together at the same address as one economic unit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Infrastructure: means existing facilities, equipment, materials, and structures that an internet service provider has installed either for its core business or public enterprise purposes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Local government: means a parish, municipality, or school board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Office: means the office of broadband development and connectivity within the division of administration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Program: means the Workforce Development and Training Program. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2332
  • Project: means an undertaking by an eligible grant recipient to construct and deploy infrastructure for the provision of broadband service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Underserved location: means an underserved location as defined in the IIJA and the BEAD NOFO. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Unserved location: means an unserved location as defined in the IIJA and the BEAD NOFO. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:2370.22
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.