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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a)(1) The Broadband Loan Loss Reserve Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the commission and shall be available to fund costs related to the financing of the deployment of broadband infrastructure by a local government agency or nonprofit organization, including, but not limited to, payment of costs of debt issuance, obtaining credit enhancement, and establishment and funding of reserves for the payment of principal and interest on the debt.
(2) In the 2021-22 fiscal year, the commission may make cashflow loans to the Broadband Loan Loss Reserve Fund from accounts established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 281.
(b) The commission may establish, among other things, eligibility requirements, financing terms and conditions, and allocation criteria, for infrastructure projects deployed using financing supported in whole or in part by funds allocated pursuant to this section.
(c) The commission may require a local government agency or nonprofit organization to provide information demonstrating the agency's or nonprofit organization's ability to reasonably finance and implement the infrastructure project deployed using financing supported in whole or in part by funds allocated pursuant to this section.
(d) The commission shall require each local government agency or nonprofit organization receiving funds under this section to file both of the following reports in the form and manner specified by the commission:
(1) Biannual progress reports identifying project milestones and percent completions to date, and including other information as the commission may prescribe.
(2) A completion report, including a full description of the completed project, comparison of approved versus actual costs of construction, speed test data for all areas served by the project, and other information as the commission may prescribe.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Public Utilities Code - PUC § 281.2 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/public-utilities-code/puc-sect-281-2/
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