34 Tex. Admin. Code § 16.4 - Program Eligibility Requirements; Eligible Applicants; Costs
(a) The office may award grant funds for
actual and reasonable costs paid or incurred by an eligible applicant to remove
and replace a pole in an unserved area.
(b) An applicant is eligible to apply to the
office for a reimbursement award under this subchapter if the applicant:
(1) is a pole owner or a provider of
qualifying broadband service;
(2)
pays or incurs eligible pole replacement costs of removing and replacing an
existing pole in an unserved area for the purpose of accommodating the
attachment of an eligible broadband facility; and
(3) otherwise meets eligibility criteria in a
NOFA published under §
16.3 of this subchapter.
(c) Eligible costs include the
amount of any expenditures to remove and dispose of the existing pole, purchase
and install a replacement pole, and transfer any existing facilities to the new
pole.
(d) Costs that an applicant
incurs that have been or will be reimbursed to the applicant by another party
ultimately responsible for the costs are not eligible for reimbursement under
this subchapter.
(e) An award under
this subchapter may not exceed:
(1) The
lesser of 50% of the eligible pole replacement costs paid or incurred by the
applicant or $5,000, whichever is less, for the pole replaced; plus
(2) the documented and reasonable
administrative expenses incurred by the applicant in preparing and submitting
the reimbursement application.
(f) The amount reimbursed under subsection
(e)(2) of this section may not exceed 5.0% of the eligible pole replacement
costs in the application.
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