(a) The commission shall conduct an interim financial audit and a final financial audit and an interim performance audit and a final performance audit of the implementation and effectiveness of the California Advanced Services Fund to ensure that funds have been expended in accordance with the approved terms of the grant awards and loan agreements pursuant to Section 281. The commission shall report its interim findings to the Legislature by April 1, 2020. The commission shall report its final findings to the Legislature by April 1, 2023. The reports shall also include an update to the maps in the final report of the California Broadband Task Force and data on the types and numbers of jobs created as a result of the program administered by the commission pursuant to Section 281.
(b) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2027.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 851, Sec. 4. (AB 1665) Effective October 15, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)