Equipment used in the deployment of broadband technologies by a telecommunications enterprise (as defined in Section 57-73-21(14)), that is placed in service after June 30, 2003, and before July 1, 2025, shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation for a period of ten (10) years after the date such equipment is placed in service. For purposes of this section, 'equipment used in the deployment of broadband technologies' means any equipment capable of being used for or in connection with the transmission of information at a rate, prior to taking into account the effects of any signal degradation, that is not less than three hundred eighty-four (384) kilobits per second in at least one direction, including, but not limited to, asynchronous transfer mode switches, digital subscriber line access multiplexers, routers, servers, multiplexers, fiber optics and related equipment. Laws, 2003, ch. 520, § 4, eff. 7/1/2003.Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 453, HB 1729,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2020.Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 445, HB 785, 4, eff. 7/1/2014.Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 462, SB 2829, 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
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