79-1313. Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission; creation; purpose.The Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Act creates the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission for the purpose of (1) promoting and establishing noncommercial educational telecommunications facilities within the State of Nebraska, (2) providing noncommercial educational telecommunications programs throughout the State of Nebraska by digital broadcast, by closed-circuit transmission, by Internet-based delivery, or by other telecommunications technology distribution systems, (3) operating statewide educational and public radio and television networks, facilities, and services, and (4) providing closed-captioned live video coverage of the Legislature as provided in section 79-1316. The commission shall seek funding from federal, state, foundation, and private sources for capital construction and annual operations.Source Laws 1963, c. 468, § 1, p. 1497; Laws 1984, LB 645, § 1; Laws 1986, LB 461, § 1; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2101; Laws 1996, LB 900, § 969; Laws 1997, LB 347, § 50; Laws 2014, LB692, § 2; Laws 2023, LB254, § 7.
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