Section 191.17 | Award of reimbursement.
(A) Not later than sixty days after receiving an application forwarded by the department of development, the broadband expansion program authority shall award program reimbursements to the applicant for costs described in divisions (A) and (B) of section 191.21 of the Revised Code after reviewing the application, and establishing the applicant's eligibility for reimbursement under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, program reimbursements shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of seven thousand five hundred dollars or seventy-five per cent of the total amount paid by the applicant for each pole replacement or mid-span pole installation.
(B) For undergrounding costs described under division (B) of section 191.21 of the Revised Code, the authority shall approve program reimbursements as provided in division (A) of this section, except that the reimbursements may not exceed the reimbursement amount that would be available under division (A) of this section, if the applicant had attached broadband infrastructure to utility poles instead of undergrounding that infrastructure.
Last updated January 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Available Versions of this Section
- October 3, 2023 – Enacted by House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly [ View October 3, 2023 Version ]
- March 20, 2025 – Amended by House Bill 308 - 135th General Assembly [ View March 20, 2025 Version ]