Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 191 · 21 active provisions
As used in sections 191.01 to 191.45 of the Revised Code: (A) "Affiliate" means a person or entity under common ownership or control with, or a participant in a joint venture, partnership, consortium, or similar business arrangement with, another person or entity pertaining to the provision of broadband service. (B) "B…
There is hereby established the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program within the department of development to advance the provision of qualifying broadband service access to residences and businesses in an unserved area by reimbursing certain costs of pole replacements, mid-span pole installations,…
(A) The department of development shall establish an administrative process to award program reimbursements under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program according to the provisions of sections 191.03 to 191.45 of the Revised Code. (B) The broadband expansion program authority shall award program…
For the purposes of an application under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program, an area of the state shall be considered to be an unserved area, if one of the following applies: (A) Under a program to deploy broadband service to unserved areas, a governmental entity has awarded a broadband gran…
(A) The broadband expansion program authority shall not award program reimbursements to an applicant under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program, if any of the following apply: (1) The broadband infrastructure deployed is used only for the provision of wholesale broadband service and is not use…
In accordance with sections 191.10 to 191.45 of the Revised Code, a provider may submit an application for a program reimbursement under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program, if the provider has deployed qualifying broadband infrastructure in an unserved area and has paid any of the following…
(A) Not later than sixty days after the pole replacement fund created in section 191.27 of the Revised Code receives funds for the purpose of providing program reimbursements under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program, the department of development shall develop and publish an application form…
(A) Before receiving a program reimbursement under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program, each applicant shall agree to do the following: (1) Not later than ninety days after receipt of a program reimbursement, activate qualifying broadband service to end users utilizing the broadband infrastru…
(A) Not later than sixty days after receiving an application forwarded by the department of development, the broadband expansion program authority shall award program reimbursements to the applicant for costs described in divisions (A) and (B) of section 191.21 of the Revised Code after reviewing the application, and e…
(A) The department of development, at the direction of the broadband expansion program authority, shall issue program reimbursements awarded for applications approved under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program. The reimbursements shall be made using money available for this purpose in the broa…
If the broadband expansion program authority approves an application under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program, the following costs are eligible for reimbursement under the program: (A) Actual and reasonable costs to perform a pole replacement or mid-span pole installation, including the amou…
A pole owner that provides information and documentation to a provider to enable the provider to submit an application to the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program may require the provider to reimburse the owner for the owner's actual and reasonable administrative expenses, the total of which shall…
There is hereby created in the state treasury the broadband pole replacement fund consisting of money credited or transferred to the fund, money appropriated by the general assembly, including from available federal funds, or money authorized for expenditure by the state controlling board under section 131.35 of the Re…
(A) The department of development shall direct an applicant that has been awarded a program reimbursement under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program to refund, with interest, all or any portion of the reimbursements the applicant received under the program, if the department finds, upon substa…
Not later than sixty days after the first amount of money is deposited to the credit of the broadband pole replacement fund created in section 191.27 of the Revised Code, the department of development shall publish and regularly update on its web site the following program information: (A) The number of program applica…
Beginning not later than one year after the first amount of money is deposited to the credit of the broadband pole replacement fund created in section 191.27 of the Revised Code and annually thereafter, the auditor of state shall audit the fund and its administration by the broadband expansion program authority and the…
Not later than one year after each time money in the broadband pole replacement fund created in section 191.27 of the Revised Code is exhausted, the broadband expansion program authority shall identify, examine, and report on the deployment of qualifying broadband infrastructure under the Ohio broadband pole replacemen…
Not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section , the director of development shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that are necessary for successful and efficient administration of the broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program. Last updated August 29, 2023 at 4:32 PM
On the date that is six years after the effective date of this section , payments under the Ohio broadband pole replacement fund shall cease and section 191.27 of the Revised Code shall not be in force or have further application, except as described in sections 191.44 and 191.45 of the Revised Code. Last updated Augus…
The department of development in coordination with the Ohio broadband expansion program authority shall do the following, for the period ending six months after the date described in section 191.43 of the Revised Code: (A) Complete the review of any program applications that were submitted prior to the date described i…
If there is an outstanding balance in the broadband pole replacement fund after the Ohio broadband pole replacement program reimbursements are paid pursuant to section 191.44 of the Revised Code, the remaining balance shall be returned to the original funding sources as determined by the department of development. Last…