Indian nations, tribes and pueblos may connect to the statewide broadband network in exchange for a right-of-way agreement with the chief information officer. The chief information officer shall apply for reimbursements from the federal universal service fund pursuant to Section 254 of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, 47 U.S.C. 254, as such section existed on January 1, 2006, on behalf of Indian nations, tribes and pueblos that execute a right-of-way agreement.
History: Laws 2017, ch. 7, § 9.
ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2017, ch. 7 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 16, 2017, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.