Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act

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Section
77-17-1

Short title

Section
77-17-3

Definitions

Section
77-17-5

Electric cooperatives authorized to establish, acquire, own broadband affiliates, allow broadband affiliates or unaffiliated broadband operators to operate broadband system on their electric delivery system, and charge affiliates certain fees; restrictions on use of electric energy sales revenues; economic feasibility study required before electric cooperatives offer broadband services

Section
77-17-7

No expansion of regulatory authority of state agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions beyond state or federal laws and regulations in place on January 30, 2019

Section
77-17-9

Electric cooperatives prohibited from: allowing use of electric delivery system by affiliate to diminish reliability of the system, requiring purchase of broadband services from affiliate as condition of receiving electric energy from the cooperative, and disconnecting electric service for nonpayment of broadband services provided by affiliate

Section
77-17-11

Use of cooperative's electric delivery system for provision of broadband services by affiliate not considered burden on real property on which electric delivery system is located; landowner's remedies for damages caused by use of electric delivery system by affiliate

Section
77-17-13

Liberal construction of chapter

Section
77-17-15

Annual audit of compliance with chapter; notice to members of election of board of directors, meetings, and election results