78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3325, Chapter 1151 Page: 2 of 6
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H.B. No. 3325
1 development of community telecommunications alliances, including
2 alliances established to pursue rural economic development or
3 innovative rural school health technology projects, by providing
4 advice and assistance in assessing local uses of and local demands
5 or needs for local telecommunications and information services of
6 private sector providers; and
7 (2) assist community telecommunications alliances in
8 applying for grant funding for projects, including:
9 (A) assisting alliances in securing matching
10 private sector funding for projects; and
11 (B) requiring alliances to develop sustainable
12 plans:
13 (i) that demonstrate how the alliance will
14 continue to obtain private sector services once the grant funding
15 terminates
16 (ii) that do not directly compete with
17 local businesses, telecommunications providers, or information
18 services providers; and
19 (iii) that prohibit a network created with
20 assistance from the alliance or other public funding from being
21 sold to a direct competitor of a private sector provider.
22 (b) Each community telecommunications alliance established
23 under this section shall have an advisory council with
24 representation from each of the following:
25 (1) a local nonprofit organization;
26 (2) a local county-elected official;
27 (3) a local city-elected official;
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3325, Chapter 1151, legislative document, June 2003; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158628/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.