Chapter 17 - MISSISSIPPI BROADBAND ENABLING ACT

Section 77-17-1 - Short title
Section 77-17-3 - Definitions
Section 77-17-5 - Electric cooperatives authorized to establish, acquire, own broadband affiliates, allow broadband affiliates or unaffiliated broadband operators to operate broadband system on their electric delivery system, and charge affiliates certain fees; restrictions on use of electric energy sales revenues; economic feasibility study required before electric cooperatives offer broadband services
Section 77-17-7 - No expansion of regulatory authority of state agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions beyond state or federal laws and regulations in place on January 30, 2019
Section 77-17-9 - Electric cooperatives prohibited from: allowing use of electric delivery system by affiliate to diminish reliability of the system, requiring purchase of broadband services from affiliate as condition of receiving electric energy from the cooperative, and disconnecting electric service for nonpayment of broadband services provided by affiliate
Section 77-17-11 - Use of cooperative's electric delivery system for provision of broadband services by affiliate not considered burden on real property on which electric delivery system is located; landowner's remedies for damages caused by use of electric delivery system by affiliate
Section 77-17-13 - Liberal construction of chapter
Section 77-17-15 - Annual audit of compliance with chapter; notice to members of election of board of directors, meetings, and election results