AB 2905

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Existing law establishes, within the Department of Technology, the Office of Broadband and Digital Literacy. Existing law requires the office to oversee the acquisition and management of contracts for the development and construction of, and for the maintenance and operation of, a statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network, as defined, to provide an opportunity for last-mile providers, anchor institutions, and tribal entities to connect to, and interconnect with other networks and other appropriate connections to, the broadband network to facilitate high-speed broadband service, as specified. Existing law requires the office, in consultation with the Department of Finance, to submit annually a report to the budget committees of the Legislature on the broadband network in compliance with specified law. Existing law also generally imposes requirements on a state or local agency that submits a required or requested report to the Members of either house of the Legislature, including that the report include a summary of its contents. This bill would provide that the report submitted annually to the budget committees of the Legislature shall be subject to the same requirements as a report that is submitted to Members of either house of the Legislature generally and shall be submitted in compliance with those provisions.