[1st-mile-nm] NM SB-308 Signed by Gov.

[Nan Rubin]

GREAT!

is there actually a fund in place already, or will this not happen because
Suzanna has stripped out the funds?

Nan



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On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 12:50 PM, Richard Lowenberg <rl at 1st-mile.org> wrote:

> An update from one of our subscribers:
>
> SB 308 was signed yesterday by the Governor.  This will kick off immediate
> work at the PRC to amend its USF rules and plan out a broadband grants
> program, likely to begin sometime next year once the funding mechanism for
> it begins to generate revenues.
>
> Senate Bill 308 (PRC to facilitate rural broadband service): Amends a
> section of the Rural Telecommunications Act of New Mexico to update State
> Rural Universal Service Fund provisions and establish a broadband program
> administered by the Public Regulation Commission to facilitate expansion of
> broadband service in rural areas.
>
> RL
>
>
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