ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

House: TECH DPA 5-0-0-2 | Approp DP 9-0-0-2

HB 2262: appropriations; broadband grants

Sponsor:  Representative Espinoza, LD 19

Caucus & COW

Overview

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the state General Fund for each of the fiscal years, FY 2021, FY 2022 and FY 2023, to the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) to provide broadband grants.

History

Broadband service is defined as providing access and transport to the internet, computer processing, information storage or protocol conversion at a rate of at least one megabit per second in either the upstream or downstream direction, as established by the Federal Communications Commission. Broadband service does not include information content or service applications provided over the access service or any intrastate service that was subject to a tariff (A.R.S. § 28-7381).

Laws 2019, Chapter 263 appropriated $3,000,000 from the state General Fund for FY 2020 to the ACA to provide rural broadband grants.

Provisions

1.    Appropriates $5,000,000 from the state General Fund for each of the fiscal years, FY 2021, FY 2022 and FY 2023, to the ACA to provide broadband grants. (Sec. 1)

2.    Directs the ACA to submit a report to JLBC on a plan to distributing the grants on or before January 31 in the following years: 2021, 2022 and 2023. (Sec. 1☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note)

3.    Exempts the appropriations from lapsing. (Sec. 1)

Amendments

Committee on Technology

1.    Increases the appropriated amount to $10,000,000.

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