PRINTER'S NO. 3454
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2348
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, DUNBAR, BENNINGHOFF, CONKLIN, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, ECKER, GLEIM, JAMES, MILLARD, MURT, OBERLANDER,
OWLETT, PICKETT, PYLE, RAPP, ROEBUCK, RYAN, SNYDER, STRUZZI,
WHEELAND AND ZIMMERMAN, MARCH 13, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, MARCH 13, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 64 (Public Authorities and Quasi-Public
Corporations) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in
Commonwealth Financing Authority, providing for Unserved
High-Speed Broadband Funding Program; establishing the
Unserved High-Speed Broadband Funding Program Account; making
an appropriation; and making a related repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 64 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 1559. Unserved High-Speed Broadband Funding Program.
(a) Establishment.--There is a program established to be
known as the Unserved High-Speed Broadband Funding Program. The
program shall provide financial assistance in the form of grants
for projects located within this Commonwealth that support the
delivery of high-speed broadband service to unserved areas.
(b) Eligible applicants.--The following entities may apply
for grants under the program:
(1) A nongovernmental entity with the technical,
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