A. On or before October 31, 2021, and annually thereafter, in accordance with the FCC Data Collection and Methodology, private broadband service providers operating in this state and satellite-based broadband private providers that have been designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to 47 U.S.C., Section 214(e)(6) for any portion of Oklahoma, hereinafter referred to as "private providers", shall submit to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Rural Broadband Expansion Council the broadband network area coverage map data the private providers are required to submit to the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to the federal Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act, 47 U.S.C., Section 641 et seq. The map data shall be updated annually through a supplemental submission by the private providers that reflects changes in area coverage from the preceding year. The Department is authorized to promulgate rules for the collection of the broadband network area coverage map reports from the private providers.
B. On or before October 31 of each year, OneNet, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, hereinafter referred to as "public entities", shall submit to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Rural Broadband Expansion Council broadband network area coverage map data of all assets and network coverage in the format requested by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and Council.
C. Private providers and public entities shall disclose to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Rural Broadband Expansion Council the properties they serve and the maximum advertised download and upload speeds at which they provide any Internet services to those properties, and shall be afforded by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the Council a process to petition for correction of potential inaccuracies in the map.
D. The reports and information required to be disclosed pursuant to this section by private providers shall remain confidential pursuant to Section 24A.10 of Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Council shall determine the required submission format of the data submitted under the provisions of this act. In no instance shall private providers be required to submit any data, in substantive content or form or schedule, beyond or in advance of the data described in subsection A of this section, or any data containing customer information, such as names, addresses or account numbers. The Department shall use a third party to collect the data submitted by private providers under the provisions of this act. The third party shall deliver data to the Department following a white label process to remove information identifying specific providers.
E. On or before December 1 of each year, the Department and the Council shall update the map required by subsection G of Section 139.202 of Title 17 of the Oklahoma Statutes using the data collected under the provisions of this act in a manner that identifies the assets and service areas of the public entities while displaying anonymized information, without reference to any specific private provider, of the assets and service areas of private providers.
F. After the FCC completes the national Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric and accompanying National Broadband Availability Map, the Rural Broadband Expansion Council shall annually evaluate whether the State of Oklahoma needs to continue producing an annually updated statewide broadband map in accordance with the provisions of this section.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 257, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 2021.