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...Any materials or data submitted to, made available to, or received by the director of development services or the controlling board, to the extent that the material or data consist of trade secrets, as defined in section 1333.61 of the Revised Code, or commercial or financial information, regarding projects are not public records for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.

...There is hereby established the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program within the development services agency. The agency shall administer and provide staff assistance for the program. The agency shall be responsible for receiving and reviewing applications for program grants and for sending completed applications to the broadband expansion program authority for final review and award of program grants.

...The broadband expansion program authority shall consider each application for a program grant that the development services agency has reviewed and sent to it. The authority shall score all applications according to the scoring system established under section 122.4040 of the Revised Code and award program grants based on that system according to sections 122.4043 and 122.4044 of the Revised Code.

...The broadband expansion program authority, upon majority approval of the authority's members, shall submit a written public report of its findings and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly not later than the first of December of each calendar year. The authority shall not disclose any proprietary information or trade secrets in the report. Copies of the report shall be available on the developmen...

...(A) Each fiscal year, the development services agency shall fund program grants until funds for that fiscal year are no longer available. (B) Any application pending at the end of the fiscal year shall be deemed denied, but may be refiled in a subsequent fiscal year provided that all information in the application is still current or has been updated.

...(A)(1) Each fiscal year, the department of development shall accept applications for program grants. (2) To apply for a program grant, a broadband provider shall submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the department and shall provide the information required under section 122.4020 of the Revised Code. The form shall include a statement informing the applicant that failure to comply with th...

...Pursuant to rules adopted under section 122.4077 of the Revised Code, the development services agency shall evaluate the information and documents submitted by a broadband provider in an application under section 122.4013 of the Revised Code or by a challenging provider under section 122.4030 of the Revised Code. The evaluation shall determine whether the information and documents are proprietary or constitute a trad...

...The development services agency shall establish an automatic notification process through which interested parties may receive electronic mail notifications when the agency publishes application and other information on its web site pursuant to sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Not later than thirty days after receipt of a challenge under sections 122.4030 to 122.4035 of the Revised Code, the broadband expansion program authority may do either of the following: (1) Suspend, subject to division (B) of this section, all or part of the application; (2) Reject the challenge, approve the application, and proceed with the application process. (B) The authority shall allow the broadband ...

...Upon receipt of a revised application under section 122.4034 of the Revised Code, the broadband expansion program authority shall review the revised application and decide whether to accept it or uphold the challenge under sections 122.4030 to 122.4035 of the Revised Code within fourteen days. The authority shall provide a copy of its decision to both the broadband provider that submitted the revised application and ...

...After the broadband expansion program authority awards a program grant under section 122.4043 of the Revised Code, the development services agency shall disburse the program grant as follows: (A) A portion of the program grant, not to exceed thirty per cent, shall be disbursed before construction of the project begins. (B) A portion of the program grant, not to exceed sixty per cent, shall be disbursed through pe...

...(A) If the development services agency determines that a broadband provider that has been awarded a program grant under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program has not complied with the requirements of the program, the agency shall notify the provider of the noncompliance. In accordance with rules adopted by the agency under section 122.4077 of the Revised Code, the agency shall give the provider an op...

...Upon adoption of a resolution, a board of county commissioners may request the development services agency to solicit applications from broadband providers for program grants under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program for eligible projects in the municipal corporations and townships of the county. A request made by a county shall identify, to the extent possible, the residential addresses in unser...

...Upon receipt of a request from a board of county commissioners pursuant to section 122.4050 of the Revised Code, the development services agency shall solicit, on behalf of the county, applications for program grants for eligible projects under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program. Not later than seven days after receipt of the request, the agency shall make the request, and any accompanying informa...

...The development services agency shall not be responsible for any failure by a broadband provider to respond to a request made by the agency pursuant to section 122.4051 of the Revised Code or to submit an application for a program grant under the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program.

...he Revised Code prevents an assignment, sale, change in ownership, or other similar transaction associated with broadband infrastructure constructed by a broadband provider pursuant to a program grant awarded to an eligible project. No assignment, sale, change in ownership, or other similar transaction relieves the successor of any obligation under sections 122.40 to 122.4077 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Each broadband provider that receives a program grant shall submit to the development services agency an annual progress report on the status of the deployment of the broadband network described in the eligible project for which the program grant award was made. (B) The broadband provider shall submit an operational report with the agency not later than sixty days after the completion of the project and annuall...

...The development services agency may set a due date for the reports required under section 122.4070 of the Revised Code and, for good cause shown, may grant extensions of the report due dates.

...Reports required under section 122.4070 of the Revised Code, and all information and documents in them, shall be maintained on a confidential basis by the development services agency and shall not be published on the agency's web site until the agency determines what information or documents are not confidential pursuant to section 122.4023 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The development services agency shall adopt rules for the Ohio residential broadband expansion grant program. The rules shall establish an application form and application procedures for the program and procedures for periodic program grant disbursements. (B) The rules may include the following: (1) Requirements for a program application in addition to the requirements described in section 122.4020 of the Rev...

...lend funds which are obtained from the sale of revenue bonds issued by the treasurer of state pursuant to sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, from revenues or other receipts or income of the director, or funds established in accordance with sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, and from grants, gifts, and contributions subject to any provisions of resolutions authorizin...

...Fees, charges, rates of interest, times of payment of interest and principal, and other terms, conditions, and provisions of the loans made by the director of development services pursuant to sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code shall be such as the director determines to be appropriate and in furtherance of the purpose for which the loans are made, but the mortgage lien securing any money l...

...Upon application of any person, partnership, or corporation, or upon application of any community improvement corporation organized as provided in section 1724.01 of the Revised Code, the director of development, with controlling board approval, may, pledging therefor moneys in the mortgage insurance fund created by section 122.561 of the Revised Code, insure or make advance commitments to insure not more than ninety...

...Revised Code and the proceeds from such sale shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund. Such a conveyance shall transfer all interest of the state in the property. The director may improve any property acquired under this section and may construct and equip buildings, structures, and other facilities thereon for industrial, commercial, distribution, or research facilities. It is not...

...Each issue of revenue bonds issued by the treasurer of state pursuant to sections 122.39 and 122.41 to 122.62 of the Revised Code, shall be dated, shall bear interest at a rate or rates or at a variable rate, as provided in or authorized by the proceedings authorizing or providing for the terms and conditions of the revenue bonds, shall mature at such time or times, not to exceed forty years from date, as deter...