(a) In addition to the projects authorized by Section 53395.3, any infrastructure financing district may finance public capital facilities or projects that include broadband. A district that finances public capital facilities or projects that include broadband may transfer the management and operation of any broadband facilities that were financed to a local agency that is authorized to provide broadband Internet access service, and that local agency when providing that service shall comply with the requirements of Article 12 (commencing with Section 53167) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5.
(b) For purposes of this section, “broadband” means communications network facilities that enable high-speed Internet access.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 963, Sec. 3. (AB 1999) Effective January 1, 2019.)