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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 advanced telecommunications 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 If the moneys expended from the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund are less than the amounts appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the 2003–04 and 2004–05 fiscal years, from the unencumbered difference between what was appropriated and what was expended , notwithstanding any other law or existing program of the commission but consistent with the purposes for which those funds are appropriated, the commission may expend up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) of the unencumbered amount of those funds for the nonrecurring three million dollars ($3,000,000) for up to an additional 40 percent of the one-time installation costs for high-speed broadband services for community organizations that are eligible for discounted rates pursuant to Section 280. entities that do not have access to advanced telecommunications services.
(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. “Advanced telecommunications services” includes high speed communications services such as digital subscriber line (DSL) services and T-1 technology.
(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 other technologies.