Section 12-A:45 Telecommunications Planning and Development Initiative. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. (a) The director of economic development, under the supervision of the commissioner of resources and economic development and pursuant to the director's duties under RSA 12-A:22, shall develop and implement a telecommunications planning and development initiative which will result in a telecommunications development plan to be adopted and revised regularly by the telecommunications planning and development advisory committee.
      (b) As primary duties of this initiative, the director shall:
         (1) Identify existing telecommunications infrastructure by establishing and maintaining a database of telecommunications service providers, services, and infrastructure that exist throughout the state.
         (2) Publicize the state's telecommunications infrastructure, as an integral part of the state's economic development efforts, by planning, developing, administering, and implementing programs to assist in the distribution of information about available telecommunications services, infrastructure, and technologies throughout all parts of the state.
      (c) As secondary duties of this initiative, the director shall:
         (1) Identify shortcomings in the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure throughout all parts of the state.
         (2) Work with providers of telecommunications services, educators, and municipal, county, state, and other government officials to assist efforts to enhance the deployment of telecommunications services.
   II. The director may delegate any of the duties established in paragraph I to appropriate designees within the division of economic development.
   III. The budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 for the duties of this subdivision shall not exceed $150,000. The budget for subsequent fiscal years shall be considered in the division of economic development's operating budget.

Source. 2000, 298:3, eff. July 1, 2000.