Ohio Rev. Code § 191.17: Award of reimbursement.

(A) Not later than sixty days after receiving an application forwarded by the department of development, the broadband expansion program authority shall award program reimbursements to the applicant for costs described in divisions (A) and (B) of section 191.21 of the Revised Code after reviewing the application, and establishing the applicant's eligibility for reimbursement under the Ohio broadband pole replacement and undergrounding program.

(B) For pole replacement or mid-span pole installation costs described under division (A) of section 191.21 of the Revised Code, reimbursements shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of either of the following:

(1) Seven thousand five hundred dollars multiplied by the number of pole replacements and mid-span pole installations in an application;

(2) Seventy-five per cent of the total eligible costs therein.

(C) For undergrounding costs described under division (B) of section 191.21 of the Revised Code, reimbursements shall be in an amount not to exceed seventy-five per cent of the total eligible costs therein, except that the reimbursements may not exceed the reimbursement amount that would be available under division (B) of this section, if the applicant did a pole replacement or mid-span pole installation instead of undergrounding that infrastructure.