| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA c. 93 is enacted to read: |
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| | | ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE |
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| | | This chapter may be known and cited as "the Advanced | | Technology Infrastructure Authority Act." |
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| | | As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise | | indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. |
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| | | 1.__Advanced communications technology infrastructure.__ | | "Advanced communications technology infrastructure" means any | | communications technology infrastructure or infrastructure | | improvement that expands the deployment of, or improves the | | quality of, broadband availability and cellular service coverage. |
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| | | 2.__Authority.__"Authority" means the Advanced Technology | | Infrastructure Authority established in section 9203. |
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| | | 3.__Communications service.__"Communications service" means | | any wireline, wireless, cellular, satellite, voice, data or video | | retail service. |
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| | | 4.__Communications service provider.__"Communications service | | provider" means any entity offering communications service to | | customers in the State. |
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| | | 5.__Qualifying ConnectME zone.__"Qualifying ConnectME zone" | | means a geographical region that is eligible for the tax | | reimbursement established in this chapter, because the authority | | has determined that the region is unserved or underserved by an | | advanced communications technology infrastructure. |
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| | | §9203.__Advanced Technology Infrastructure Authority |
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| | | 1.__Establishment; membership.__The Advanced Technology | | Infrastructure Authority is established to stimulate investment | | in advanced technology infrastructure.__The authority is created | | as a body corporate and politic and a public instrumentality of | | the State.__The exercise by the authority of powers conferred by | | this chapter is considered to be the performance of essential |
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