{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-86-1503","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-1503","heading":"Terms, defined.","body":"For purposes of the Rural Communications Sustainability Act:\n(1) Broadband deployment program means a federal or state program authorizing payment of public funds for the purpose of deployment of communications infrastructure;\n(2) Commission means the Public Service Commission;\n(3) Communications infrastructure means infrastructure, facilities, and equipment capable of providing broadband or telecommunications services;\n(4) Competitive provider means a communications provider as defined in section 86-125, including, but not limited to, lawfully franchised cable providers and competitive local exchange carriers in a local exchange area;\n(5) Deployment project area means a contiguous geographic area consisting of locations serviceable by broadband or telecommunications services determined by the granting agency for a project funded under a broadband deployment program. A deployment project area may consist of geographical areas in more than one local exchange area;\n(6) Eligible telecommunications carrier has the same meaning as in section 86-134;\n(7) Granting agency means any state agency or political subdivision of the state which has authority to award, grant, direct, or redirect public funds under a broadband deployment program;\n(8) Incumbent carrier means an incumbent carrier in a local exchange area as defined by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the commission; and\n(9) Local exchange area has the same meaning as in section 86-115.","path":["Chapter 86 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=86-1503","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"5c27d6d9424e17ee920a0847a18b28e5d14956cf2c87cfb8df6637536b1526c5","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-86-1502","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-86-1504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}