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. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that any program
administered by the commission that addresses the inequality of
access to high-speed broadband services by providing those services
to schools and libraries at a discounted price, provide comparable
discounts to a nonprofit community technology program.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law or existing program of the
commission, but consistent with the purposes for which those funds
were appropriated from the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative
Committee Fund in Item 8660-001-0493 of Section 2.00 of the Budget
Act of 2003 (Chapter 157 of the Statutes of 2003), and reappropriated
in Item 8660-491 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2006 (Chapter
47 of the Statutes of 2006), the commission may expend up to two
million dollars ($2,000,000) of the unencumbered amount of those
funds for the nonrecurring installation costs for high-speed
broadband services for community organizations that are eligible for
discounted rates pursuant to Section 280.
(c) For the purpose of this section:
(1) "High-speed broadband services" means a system for the digital
transmission of information over the Internet at a speed of at least
384 kilobits per second.
(2) "Nonprofit community technology program" means a
community-based nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation
under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and engages in
diffusing technology into local communities and training local
communities that have no access to, or have limited access to, the
Internet and advanced telecommunications technologies.