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. History: Laws 2017, ch. 7, § 9; 2023, ch. 132, § 6. ANNOTATIONSThe 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, authorized service agreements between Indian nations, tribes and pueblos and the chief information officer for connections to an agency-owned or operated statewide broadband network; in the section heading, added 'agency-owned or -operated broadband network', and added 'agreement and service'; and added 'agency-owned or -operated', preceding 'statewide broadband network', after 'exchange for a', added 'mutually agreed upon', and after each occurrence of 'right-of-way agreement', added 'or service agreement'.
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