§ 2706. Application process
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 73 P.S. Trade and CommerceEffective: November 25, 2020
Effective: November 25, 2020
73 P.S. § 2706
§ 2706. Application process
(2) A description of the project area, including a list of census blocks covered by the proposed deployment. If a census block included in an application is currently partially served by a provider of high-speed broadband service, the application must describe the portions of the census block that are already served and which constitute an unserved area.
(d) Overbuild challenge.--Within 45 days of the authority making the applications available on the authority's publicly accessible Internet website, a broadband service provider providing high-speed broadband service to households and businesses within a proposed project area may challenge an application on the grounds that granting an award to the applicant will result in an overbuild. The challenge must be submitted in writing to the authority and include the following:
(e) Review.--In reviewing an application and any accompanying challenge, the authority shall conduct a review of the proposed project areas to ensure that all grants awarded are used to deploy high-speed broadband service infrastructure to unserved areas. The authority may not award a grant to fund deployment of high-speed broadband service infrastructure for any project area that results in an overbuild.
(g) Limitation.--In awarding grants, except as required under applicable law, the authority shall not consider any additional regulatory obligations, including, but not limited to, open access network requirements or any rate, service or other obligation beyond the speed requirements set forth in the definition of “high-speed broadband service” in section 3.1
Credits
2020, Nov. 25, P.L. 1253, No. 132, § 6, imd. effective.
Footnotes
73 P.S. § 2703.
73 P.S. § 2706, PA ST 73 P.S. § 2706
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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