Chapter
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act
- Miss. Code Ann. § 77-17-1— Short title
- Miss. Code Ann. § 77-17-3— Definitions
- Miss. Code Ann. § 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 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
- Miss. Code Ann. § 77-17-13— Liberal construction of chapter
- Miss. Code Ann. § 77-17-15— Annual audit of compliance with chapter; notice to members of election of board of directors, meetings, and election results