Or. Admin. R. 123-047-0020

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

Section 123-047-0020 - Definitions

Some terms used in OAR Chapter 123, division 47 are defined in Procedural Rules, OAR Chapter 123, division 1 and herein. In addition, as used in this division of administrative rules, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Broadband Program" means a financial assistance program that supports broadband access, affordability, or broadband adoption projects in the form of loans or grants.

(2) "Broadband Service Infrastructure Programs" means a Broadband Program type that permits financial assistance to be used for the costs of physical broadband infrastructure.

(3) "Financing contract" is a binding agreement between the Department and an award recipient to receive a financial assistance award through a grant and/or loan.

(4) "Physical broadband infrastructure" means networks of deployed telecommunications equipment and technologies necessary to provide broadband services and includes cable, fiber optics, wiring, or other permanent infrastructure, including wireless infrastructure that is capable of providing internet connections to serve individual locations.

(5) "Program Handbook" is a regularly updated and publicly posted document that provides up-to-date information on a Broadband Program's characteristics, including but not limited to application instructions, criteria for applications and for determining the eligibility of applicants and proposed projects for a loan or grant, criteria for the department to evaluate competitive applications and for awarding a loan or grant, performance requirements, financial assistance disbursement processes, reporting requirements, applicable federal requirements, and other program information. If a Broadband Program has a Program Handbook, the handbook will be published and adopted by the Department as a rule.

Or. Admin. R. 123-047-0020

OBDD 30-2023, adopt filed 11/14/2023, effective 11/14/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 285A.075, ORS 285A.166, Oregon Laws 2020, chapter 17, Section 5(2) (First Special Session) (SB 1603) & Oregon Laws 2023, chapter 338 (HB3201)

Statutes/Other Implemented: Oregon Laws 2020, chapter 17, Section 5(2) (First Special Session) (SB 1603)