Title 1, Title 1. State Government

(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 wh…

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…

(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…

(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…

(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 Cod…

(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 mone…

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-sp…

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 administr…

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 controll…

(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 progr…

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 inform…

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 broad…

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 …

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. …

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…

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…

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 determine…