ORS tit. 26A, ch. 285A, ADMINISTRATION, OREGON BROADBAND OFFICE, TEMPORARY PROVISIONS RELATING to PROGRAM FOR BROADBAND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS AND LOANS ARE COMPILED AS NOTES FOLLOWING ORS 285A.167
ORS tit. 26A, ch. 285A, ADMINISTRATION, OREGON BROADBAND OFFICE, TEMPORARY PROVISIONS RELATING to PROGRAM FOR BROADBAND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS AND LOANS ARE COMPILED AS NOTES FOLLOWING ORS 285A.167
Sections 5, 6 and 9, chapter 17, Oregon Laws 2020 (first special session), provide:
Sec. 5. (1) The Oregon Business Development Department shall establish by rule a program for providing grants or loans to assist eligible applicants with projects for:
(a) The planning and development of broadband service infrastructure;
(b) Digital literacy including cybersecurity;
(c) Digital inclusion; and
(d) Digital adoption.
(2) The program shall be funded only by moneys transferred to the Broadband Fund established under section 4, chapter 17, Oregon Laws 2020 (first special session) [285A.167], pursuant to ORS 759.425.
(3) In establishing the program required by this section, the department shall take into consideration all federal funding opportunities for the planning and development of broadband service infrastructure and shall endeavor to administer the program in a manner that serves to maximize the total available state and federal support for broadband development and related planning. [2020 s.s. 1 c. 17, § 5; 2023 c. 338, § 4]
Sec. 6. The Oregon Broadband Advisory Council shall include in the biennial report required under ORS 285A.160 an evaluation of the continuing need for the program established by rule under section 5, chapter 17, Oregon Laws 2020 (first special session), including any recommendations regarding the repeal, by section 9, chapter 17, Oregon Laws 2020 (first special session), of the program established by rule under section 5, chapter 17, Oregon Laws 2020 (first special session). [2020 s.s. 1 c. 17, § 6; 2023 c. 338, § 5]
Sec. 9. (1) Sections 5 and 6, chapter 17, Oregon Laws 2020 (first special session), are repealed on January 2, 2030.
(2) Any moneys in the Broadband Fund established under section 4, chapter 17, Oregon Laws 2020 (first special session) [285A.167], that are from the universal service fund established under ORS 759.425 and that are unexpended and unobligated on January 2, 2030, revert to the universal service fund established under ORS 759.425. [2020 s.s. 1 c. 17, § 9; 2023 c. 338, § 6]