S99 - Appropriations Act of 2018. (SL 2018-5)

Overview: Sec. 37.1 of S.L. 2018-5 establishes the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology (GREAT) Program, a broadband infrastructure grant program operated by the Broadband Infrastructure Office of the Department of Information Technology to provide grants to broadband providers and cooperatives for projects designed to extend broadband service to unserved areas in economically distressed counties of the State.

Provisions in this section relating to the leasing of state-owned property for the purpose of allowing colocation of broadband transmitters became effective on June 12, 2018. The remainder of this section became effective July 1, 2018.