Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act

Sections covered

• Miss. Code Ann. § 77-17-1Short title
• Miss. Code Ann. § 77-17-11Use 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. § 77-17-13Liberal construction of chapter
• Miss. Code Ann. § 77-17-15Annual audit of compliance with chapter; notice to members of election of board of directors, meetings, and election results
• Miss. Code Ann. § 77-17-3Definitions
• Miss. Code Ann. § 77-17-5Electric 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. § 77-17-7No 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. § 77-17-9Electric 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