When combined with Columbus City Schools, the City of Columbus, and Franklin County, the number swells to about 80,000 employees, making government jobs the SB 395 Existing law establishes the Department of Technology within the Government Operations Agency, which is supervised by the Director of Technology. Requires the governing body of certain counties and municipal corporations located in Western Maryland to grant a property tax credit on certain newly constructed dwellings; requires the state to reimburse each county and municipal corporation a certain portion of the revenue that would have been collected but for the property tax credit required under this Act; allows certain persons who construct a certain number of middle-income homes in certain counties to claim a credit against the state income tax; requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to administer the credit; provides for the carryforward and transfer of the credit under certain circumstances; and generally relates to tax incentives for the construction and purchase of housing in Western Maryland. Signed by governor 4/11/22, Chapter 435. Appropriates funds to staff and administer the Digital Learning Center. Orders an investigation on the failures that occurred in Puerto Rico's telecommunications system, including the internet in the event of the emergency arising from the explosion at the Monacillos Energy Control Center. This page summarizes the pending and enacted state broadband legislation for the 2022 legislative session. Damages for prevailing claims of inverse condemnation or trespass are specified in the bill. Existing law requires the office, in consultation with the Department of Finance, to submit annually a report to the budget committees of the Legislature on the broadband network in compliance with specified law. The bill specifies that any cause of action for inverse condemnation or trespass against certain electric utilities must be started within two years after the cause of action accrued, and no statute of limitations can extend the period for starting the action. NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Friday, Dec. 9. Establishes Digital Divide Solutions Grant Program in the Department of Education to assist public schools in purchase of connected devices and internet access for students during periods of remote instruction. Existing law requires the commission to develop, implement, and administer the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) program to encourage deployment of high-quality advanced communications services to all Californians that will promote economic growth, job creation, and the substantial social benefits of advanced information and communications technologies. The bill establishes eligible uses of training program funds and requirements for grant applications and grant awards. In addition, the bill requires grant recipients to submit reports to PSC on the progress of broadband infrastructure construction, the number of broadband service connections provided by that infrastructure, and the average download and upload speeds for those service connections. One year after pole reimbursement funds are exhausted, the director of the Department shall identify, examine, and report on the deployment of broadband infrastructure and technology facilitated by the pole reimbursements the Department has awarded. Republicans are winning Latino votes because we want American Dream, not some Marxist, Latinx dream that delivers equal misery. Relates to WiFi and cellular infrastructure along rail lines. Signed by governor 4/15/22, Chapter 616. Transfers Broadband Enhancement Council from Department of Commerce to Department of Economic Development. Please note: There are no refunds on the purchase of tickets to Equine Affaire or the Fantasia. LD 1894 Blowing Rock Juried Art in the Park (Blowing Rock, August 13, September 10, October 1) Iredell County Agricultural Fair (Statesville,. Watch breaking news videos, viral videos and original video clips on CNN.com. Funding, High-Speed and Rural and Underserved. It proposes to expand the definition of eligible provider to include a municipality that is not part of a communications union district and that contracts with an internet service provider that agrees to provide universal broadband service to all unserved and underserved locations in the municipality. The bill requires the department, to the extent practicable, to obtain all available federal funding for purposes of developing and implementing the plan. Creates credit for the cost of equipment and materials used in the business of providing broadband services in a county in the state with a population of fewer than 40,000 people or a township in the state with a population density of less than 50 households per square mile in a county with a population of less than 300,000 people. Signed by governor with line-item veto 4/11/22, Act 202 Provides for an investigation by the Department of Public Health of broadband internet access and its relation to the public health objectives. Blowing Rock Juried Art in the Park (Blowing Rock, August 13, September 10, October 1) Iredell County Agricultural Fair (Statesville,. SB 2479 Grants awarded under the program shall prioritize projects providing speeds of the higher of 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload that is scalable to higher speeds or the minimum acceptable speed established by the Federal Communications Commission. Signed by governor 5/6/22, Chapter 229. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution 2/3/22. In its main provisions the bill: (1) Establishes the "Broadband Development Council" consisting of 29 members including members from certain state agencies, members of the general public representing certain classifications of broadband users, and three members each from the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tem and the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker. If you arrive prior to 6:30pm you will need to purchase general admission. Orders the Puerto Rico Department of Education to immediately fill all the positions of special education services assistants that remain to be named in order to provide them with electronic devices with Internet access so that they can assist their students from a distance. A broadband internet service provider may submit a written challenge to the application within 45 days and the challenge shall contain information as stated in the act. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities. This bill allows governmental entities to participate in the grant program and requires an entity to have contributed its statewide broadband service availability information to the Alabama broadband mapping program over the past year to qualify for a grant. Creates a tax deduction for remote learning. Under existing law, the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs administers a broadband accessibility grant program to award grants to non-governmental entities that provide broadband services. Relates to conducting a study on various approaches to increasing broadband access within this state. I sold my late mother's home for $250,000. Defines terms. The bill also requires PSC to require internet service providers to disclose to PSC the properties they serve and the average minimum download and upload speeds at which they provide residential and business service to those properties. Creates the Facilitating Internet Broadband Rural Expansion (FIBRE) Act; defines terms; requires the use of certain pole attachment rate formula; provides certain formula; makes certain exemption; requires certain agreement prior to attaching; exempts certain unauthorized pole attachments; sets certain new attachment rate; states certain contingencies; requires rates not include certain charges; requires certain separate payment; requires certain contracts; exempts certain unauthorized or noncompliant pole attachments; requires the submission of data; provides certain penalties. Requires telecommunications, cable television, and internet service providers to allow service recipients to terminate service contracts following physicians referral to long-term care facility. Harvest Home Fair - Cincinnati, OH - Sep 8 to Sep 11, 2022 The Biggest Little Fair in Ohio, dating back to the 1860s, is attended by an estimated 40,000 annually. Provides that the Department of Housing and Community Development shall convene a stakeholder advisory group for the purpose of evaluating local and state policies, procedures, or ordinances to facilitate the expansion of high-speed broadband service and associated infrastructure in new residential and commercial development. Includes provisions providing for the criteria for determining the award of funds, the information an applicant must provide for an application for a grant, the priority by which the Department shall follow in granting awards, and when the Department shall not award a grant to an applicant. Boston Museum of Fine Arts: October 9, 2022-January 16, 2023. The bill provides that a person may apply for grants administered by the office to cover up to the initial hardware costs for satellite interconnection if certain criteria are satisfied. This bill transfers funding to the broadband matching grant fund and makes various changes to the broadband matching grant initiative's guidelines. The Ohio Statehouse is the state capitol building and seat of government for the U.S. state of Ohio.The Greek Revival building is located on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus.The capitol houses the Ohio General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Requires each broadband provider operating in the commonwealth to offer an affordable monthly plan for broadband services that (i) does not exceed $50 per month and (ii) meets the faster of either (a) the standards for advanced service as defined by the Federal Communications Commission or (b) a minimum broadband speed level of 50 megabits per second for download speed and 25 megabits per second for upload speed. The public sector dominates the Central Ohio employment landscape, with the State of Ohio, Ohio State University, and the United States Government accounting for an estimated 55,000 to 60,000 employees. Entries postmarked Any reimbursed amounts are used to make additional grants. A district has the power to contract with a broadband internet service provider to provide broadband internet service to the residents of the district. Under current law, the Public Service Commission provides grants to eligible applicants for constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas. Enacts R.S. This website uses cookies to analyze traffic and for other purposes. Existing law establishes the California Broadband Council with duties that include, but are not limited to, ensuring that all relevant state agencies are made aware of actions necessary to fully implement recommendations in the 2008 Broadband Task Force Report. Drawing on unprecedented access to Life magazines Picture Collection as well as other archives, the exhibition brings together more than 180 objects, including vintage photographs, contact sheets, assignment outlines, internal memos, and Relates to establishing within the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development a digital equity broadband adoption program. The bill additionally requires the plan to include measurable objectives for documenting and promoting digital equity among those populations and an assessment of existing digital navigator programs, as specified. This bill specifies that for an application to receive grant moneys from the Broadband Internet Grant Program to expand access to broadband internet service in unserved and underserved areas of the state to be considered, an applicant must provide the Department of Economic Development with data, in a format determined by the Department, of where the applicant currently provides broadband internet service in the state. Died pursuant to Art. For the deduction and both credits, the amounts provided are doubled if the qualified knowledge worker resides in a locality that has lost more than 10% of its population since the 2010 census. Relates to the best methods of acquiring technology for students. It also adds a definition for "project" and modifies the definition of "underserved area", which is now defined as a project area without access to wireline or fixed wireless broadband internet service of speeds of the higher of 100 Mbps download and 100 Mbps upload or the minimum speed established by the Federal Communications Commission. Digital Literacy, Education and Schools, Funding, Governance and Rural and Underserved. Amends the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated 31G-1A-8, relating to creating the Broadband Carrier Neutral and Open Access Infrastructure Development Fund; provides for the administration of the fund, sources of funding for the fund, and the purposes for expenditures from the fund; and authorizes expenditures from the fund from collections and pursuant to legislative appropriations. The Department will store the cable and other broadband equipment and sell it at cost to broadband providers. Provides that the department of transportation shall not require a survey as part of an agreement with any fiber optic utility for use and occupancy of a state right of way for the purposes of installing, modifying, relocating, repairing, operating, or maintaining fiber optic facilities as part of the department's consolidated application, when such use and occupancy of the state right of way is utilizing existing infrastructure, including but not limited to aerial pole attachments and underground conduits. AB 6538 The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing the costs of transporting people and goods across the Appalachians.In effect, the canal accelerated the settlement of the Great Lakes Requires the publisher to provide a copy of the materials concerning a proposed rule or pending readoption to the members of the appropriate standing committee, the governor, and the office of management and budget. The bill defines relevant terms. Provides that all equipment used for the transmission and switching of radio signals for the provision of commercial mobile radio service or mobile internet access service no longer constitutes real property subject to the real property tax law. AB 1426 This bill authorizes the commission to collect information from providers of broadband services at the address level. The bill requires PSC to provide technical assistance and educational tools for broadband expansion grant project development. Governance, High Speed, Mapping and Rural and Underserved. Directs the Maine Connectivity Authority, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, 9404 and referred to in this resolve as "the authority," to encourage and support regional partnerships among appropriate entities to identify and implement strategies to bring high-speed broadband to unserved areas of the state. Creates the Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; defines terms as used in the act; requires the department of information technology services, in conjunction with the wireless communication commission, to create a program for the purpose of providing financial assistance to eligible households to purchase broadband services; provides subsidies to providers in order to reduce broadband costs to households; provides that funding for subsidy costs shall come from funds available pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act; and for related purposes. Passed Assembly 2/15/22 Requires broadband providers to offer high-speed broadband services to qualifying low-income consumers and allows for providers to increase the price of such services if proper notice is given. Existing law establishes five accounts, including the Broadband Adoption Account, within the CASF. AB 2752 Establishes office in the Economic Development Authority to assist in provision and expansion of broadband internet service in state to address inequities in accessing broadband service. In addition, at least 30 days prior to the hearing, the city, village, or town must prepare and make available to the public a report that estimates the total costs and revenues for the facility and includes a cost-benefit analysis of the facility for a period of at least three years. SB 442 Providers who default in any state must provide notice to the Office, and there shall be a presumption of default in Missouri as specified in the bill; (3) Requires unified high speed wi-fi Internet access with adequate bandwidth and connectivity to accommodate users in the Capitol building and grounds; (4) Establishes the "Vertical Real Estate Act", which authorizes political subdivisions to erect towers and other broadband infrastructure as specified in the bill and to join or participate in public-private partnerships to effectuate the construction of vertical real estate and towers; (5) Allows any two or more political subdivisions to form a broadband infrastructure improvement district which shall have power to contract with broadband service providers and expand service using grants, loans, bonds, and user fees. Create the Mississippi Broadband Expansion Act; defines terms used in the act; creates the Mississippi broadband expansion commission for the purpose of reviewing applications for funding broadband infrastructure projects and making recommendations to the legislature of the projects to be funded using federal and state funds; provides for the members of the commission and prescribes powers and duties; provides that the commission shall consider certain factors in making its recommendations; requires the commission to establish and publish on its website its criteria for competitively scoring applications; requires an applicant to provide certain information at a minimum on the application; requires the commission to make preliminary recommendations; requires the commission to accept comments and objections concerning each preliminary recommendation; requires the commission to make its final recommendations to the legislature after considering all comments and objections and investigating them as needed; authorizes the commission to expend funds from the Mississippi broadband expansion fund in the event federal rules or guidelines require funds to be expended before the legislature convenes in Jan. 2023, and requires notification of such expenditures prior to their distribution; amends 31-3-1, Mississippi code of 1972, to exempt from licensing requirements under the state board of contractors certain undertakings by a subcontractor or sub-subcontractor involving the construction in the buildout and expansion of broadband infrastructure; creates new 21-27-79, Mississippi code of 1972, to provide that certain municipally-owned electric utilities shall have the same powers as are granted to an electric cooperative by the Mississippi broadband enabling act; amends 17-13-5 and 17-17-3, Mississippi code of 1972, to conform to the previous section; and for related purposes. Ohio State has played baseball since 1881, winning a national championship in 1966 along with 16 Big Ten regular-season titles and eight Big Ten tournament titles. Requires public schools to prioritize replacement of wireless broadband and telecommunications connectivity in favor of hard-wired access. Provides for the Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities grant program; provides for definitions; provides for mapping; provides for privately funded broadband deployment; requires performance bonds under certain circumstances; authorizes objections by local governing authorities; provides for description of service; provides for protest; authorizes certain reports; adjusts the administrative fee; provides for public records exceptions. Enacts the Utility Easements for Broadband Act; authorizes the use and sharing of utility easements for the provision of communications service throughout the state; requires notice of use of utility easements to the property owner; provides for optional recording of such notice; establishes claims pursuant to the use of utility easements; allows cost recovery for communications infrastructure projects; provides definitions. All contracts entered into after Aug. 28, 2022, between an internet service provider and a subscriber, shall include a provision for the internet service provider to automatically reimburse the subscriber for outages that last longer than 24 continuous hours. This bill requires that the reasonable time periods described above be determined pursuant to specified FCC rules, as defined, instead of applicable FCC decisions. Funding, Governance and Rural and Underserved. The lists do not show all contributions to every state ballot measure, or each independent expenditure committee formed to support or SB 1096 The bill requires the public utility to notify the cable television corporation, as soon as possible, but by no later than 45 days after receipt of the request, if the attachment request is accepted or denied. Art in the Park Sierra Vista. Became law without governors signature 6/22/22, Chapter 2. This bill establishes the "21st Century Missouri Broadband Deployment Task Force." Prohibits telecommunications electric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities and broadband companies from disconnecting service to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a declared state of emergency, emergency, major disaster, disaster, resource shortage, or local emergency, as those terms are defined in the Code. NFL news roundup: Latest league updates from Friday, Dec. 9. Requires the Joint Transportation Committee to oversee a consultant study to provide recommendations related to the WSDOT's role in broadband service expansion efforts, subject to appropriations. Tel: 303-364-7700 | Fax: 303-364-7800, 444 North Capitol Street, N.W., Suite 515 The responsibilities of the Council are specified in the bill and include exploring ways to expand access to broadband services; the potential for increased use of broadband for education, career readiness, workforce preparation and alternative career training; ways to encourage state and municipal agencies to expand service to better serve the public through the use of streaming, Voice over Internet Protocol, teleconferencing, and wireless networking. Promotes universal access to broadband internet. HB 640 The bill requires the commission to require the CETF to prioritize funding to nonprofit community-based organizations that provide one or more specified services and that reach the highest number of low-income residents, as specified. Relates to rural broadband; relates to requiring submission of map data by public and private entities; strikes language creating private submission requirements; eliminates language requiring certain evaluations by the Rural Broadband Expansion Council; provides an effective date. If you arrive 6:30pm or later you do not need to purchase general admission in addition to your Fantasia ticket. 4618 Tyler Lane, Rocky Mount, NC 27803 Phone: (252) 450-5438 / (336) 908-3302 Arrival Date Departure Date Show Date: October 20-21, 2022 Entries close 9/30/2021. Existing law establishes various programs that provide financial aid to students attending institutions in each of the segments. Get information on latest national and international events & more. Provides for certain unanticipated obligations of the commonwealth, to provide for an alteration of purpose for current appropriations, and to meet certain requirements of law, the sums set forth in this section are hereby appropriated from the General Fund. Died pursuant to Art. HB 1607 This bill, the Digital Equity Bill of Rights, states that it is the policy of the state, to ensure digital equity for all residents of the state, that residents shall have the right to broadband that meets specific requirements, and that broadband internet subscribers benefit from equal access to broadband internet service. SB 2184 Authorizes the state to seek the return of broadband funding from any provider that defaults or breaches agreements to deploy broadband. 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