In order to encourage economic development and attract technology enabled growth in Georgia, the Department of Community Affairs shall, with the assistance of the Department of Economic Development, create and administer the "Georgia Broadband Ready Community Site Designation Program." Such program shall designate facilities and developments that offer broadband services at a rate of not less than 1 gigabit per second in the downstream to end users that can be accessed for business, education, health care, government, and other public purposes as a Georgia Broadband Ready Community Site.
(Code 1981, §50-40-61, enacted by Ga. L. 2018, p. 629, § 6-1/SB 402.)