Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:430.2 – Reporting on broadband high-speed internet access
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:430.2
- Broadband affiliate: means any entity that meets all of the following criteria:
(a) Is wholly or partially owned by a cooperative. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:430.1
- Cooperative: means a corporation organized under this Part and a corporation which becomes subject to this Part in the manner hereinafter provided. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:402
- Electric delivery system: means the poles, lines, materials, equipment, servitudes, and other facilities or properties used by a cooperative. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:430.1
On March 1, 2021, and every March thereafter, each cooperative, or the statewide or trade association of each cooperative, shall submit a written report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs and the House Committee on Commerce regarding any impediments to providing broadband high-speed internet access to rural residents. The information in the report shall include, at a minimum, the number of broadband affiliates and broadband service providers who have requested to use a cooperative’s electric delivery system and the number of broadband operators, including any broadband affiliate, who have accessed a cooperative’s electric delivery system to deploy broadband to rural residents in the state.
Acts 2020, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1, eff. July 13, 2020.