261—411.1 (83GA,SF376) Purpose. These rules are intended to implement 2009 Iowa Acts, Senate File 376, section 13(5), relating to public broadband technology grants for the deployment and sustainability of high-speed broadband access. The purpose of the Iowa broadband deployment program is to promote universal access to sustainable high-speed broadband services, at speeds to exceed federal requirements, throughout the state for the benefit of Iowans, by awarding state grant funds to be used as matching funds for the federal funds available for broadband infrastructure projects.
[ARC 8218B, IAB 10/7/09, effective 9/17/09]