(a) By April 1, 2019, and by April 1 of each year thereafter, until April 1, 2023, the commission shall provide a report to the Legislature that includes all of the following information:
(1) The remaining unserved areas in the state.
(2) The amount of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.
(3) The recipients of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.
(4) The geographic regions of the state affected by funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year, including information by county.
(5) The expected benefits to be derived from the fund expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.
(6) Details on the status of each project funded through the California Advanced Services Fund and whether the project has been completed or the expected completion date of the project.
(7) Actual broadband adoption levels from funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund in the prior year.
(8) The cost per household for each project.
(9) The number of formerly unserved households subscribing to broadband service in areas covered by projects funded by the California Advanced Services Fund.
(10) The number of subscriptions resulting from the broadband adoption program funded by the California Advanced Services Fund.
(11) An update on the expenditures from the California Advanced Services Fund, broadband adoption levels, the progress in achieving the goals of the program, and an accounting of the remaining unserved households in each region of the state as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year.
(12) The amount of funds expended from the California Advanced Services Fund to match federal funds.
(13) Addition details on efforts to leverage non-California Advanced Services Fund moneys.
(14) The status of the California Advanced Services Fund balance and the projected amount to be collected in each year through 2022 to fund approved projects.
(b) This section is repealed on January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2024, deletes or extends that date.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 851, Sec. 5. (AB 1665) Effective October 15, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018