Bill Text: CA AB2256 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Office of Broadband and Digital Literacy: reports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 779, Statutes of 2022. [AB2256 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2256-Chaptered.html
Assembly Bill
No. 2256
CHAPTER 779
An act to amend Section 11549.58 of the Government Code, relating to communications.
[
Approved by
Governor
September 29, 2022.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 29, 2022.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2256, Quirk-Silva.
Office of Broadband and Digital Literacy: reports.
Existing law establishes, within the Department of Technology, the Office of Broadband and Digital Literacy. Existing law requires the department to provide oversight and policy input for the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network. Existing law requires the department to establish a broadband advisory committee to oversee the construction and establishment of the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network. Existing law requires that committee to be comprised of various representatives, including a representative of the department, the Department of Finance, and 2 ex officio members of the Assembly.
This bill would additionally include two
local government officials, one appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the other appointed by the Senate Rules Committee, as members of the committee.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11549.58 of the Government Code is amended to read:11549.58.
(a) The department shall provide oversight and policy input for the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network.(b) (1) Within the department shall be a Deputy Director for Broadband, who shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor.
(2) The Deputy Director for Broadband shall be the primary point of contact for the third-party administrator, the commission, the Department of Transportation, and the Legislature.
(c) (1) The department shall establish a broadband advisory committee to
monitor the construction and establishment of the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network.
(2) The broadband advisory committee shall comprise all of the following members:
(A) A representative of the commission.
(B) A representative of the department.
(C) A representative of the Department of Transportation.
(D) A representative of the Department of Finance.
(E) A representative of the Government Operations Agency.
(F) Two ex officio members, who shall be members of the Assembly
and be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. These ex officio members shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker of the Assembly.
(G) Two ex officio members, who shall be members of the Senate and be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. These ex officio members shall serve at the pleasure of the Senate Committee on Rules.
(H) A city, county, or city and county elected government official, who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly. This member shall serve at the pleasure of the Speaker of the Assembly.
(I) A city, county, or city and county elected government official, who shall be appointed by the Senate Rules Committee. This member
shall serve at the pleasure of the Senate Rules Committee.
(3) The representative of the department shall chair the broadband advisory committee.
(d) The broadband advisory committee shall meet no less often than monthly for the first 12 months following the effective date of this section, and shall meet quarterly thereafter.
(e) The third-party administrator shall seek policy advice from the broadband advisory committee.
(f) (1) On or before March 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the office, in consultation with the department and the Department of Finance, shall report to both budget committees of the Legislature all
of the following:
(A) The total length of the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network.
(B) The length of the portion of the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network constructed in the preceding year, by quarter.
(C) The number of internet service providers using the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network.
(D) The number of households projected to connect to the statewide open-access middle-mile broadband network.
(E) The total expenditures for each project, by quarter.
(F) The projected goals for each of
the metrics described in subparagraphs (A) to (E), inclusive, for the 18 months following the report.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
