Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-13. Broadband grant goals and assessment metrics; annual report to interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications; annual audit by state board of accounts
(1) specific, measurable goals; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-13
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- deployed: means , with respect to the availability of minimum broadband Internet at a location, that an eligible broadband service provider:
Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-1.7
- eligible broadband service: means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least:
Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-3
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- fund: refers to the rural broadband fund established by section 11 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-5
- office: refers to the office of community and rural affairs established by Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-6
- state agency: means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. See Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-8
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
for the disbursement of state broadband grant funds.
(b) Beginning in 2020, not later than August 1 of each year, the office shall submit to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications established by IC 2-5-1.3-4(8) a report on the awarding of grants under this chapter during the most recent state fiscal year, including the following:
(1) The number, amounts, and recipients of grants awarded under this chapter, along with the state agency awarding each grant.
(2) The status of any funded eligible broadband projects.
(3) Expenses incurred and funds spent by the office in administering this chapter.
(4) A list of the entities, if any, that the office collaborated with in administering this chapter.
(5) An accounting of money in the fund, including funds awarded as grants under this chapter.
(6) The number of:
(A) school corporation buildings described in section 9(b)(1) of this chapter;
(B) rural health clinics described in section 9(b)(2) of this chapter;
(C) access points described in section 9(b)(3) of this chapter; and
(D) locations in rural areas described in section 9(b)(4) of this chapter;
to which broadband infrastructure has been deployed with the use of grant funds under this chapter, including address-level information for newly connected locations.
(7) The overall progress of the deployment of broadband infrastructure for the provision of eligible broadband service:
(A) to school corporation buildings, as described in section 9(b)(1) of this chapter;
(B) to rural health clinics, as described in section 9(b)(2) of this chapter;
(C) so as to ensure that eligible students have access points providing a connection to eligible broadband service, as described in section 9(b)(3) of this chapter; and
(D) in rural areas in Indiana, as described in section 9(b)(4) of this chapter.
A report to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications under this subsection must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(c) Every year, beginning in 2021, the state board of accounts shall conduct an audit of the awarding of grants under:
(1) IC 4-4-38; and
(2) this chapter;
as appropriate, during the most recent state fiscal year. A report of an audit conducted under this subsection shall be submitted to the interim study committee on energy, utilities, and telecommunications established by IC 2-5-1.3-4(8) in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 not later than September 1 of the calendar year that includes the end of the state fiscal year covered by the audit.
As added by P.L.189-2019, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.89-2021, SEC.10.