Chapter 63, Article 9J NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Broadband Access and Expansion Act".

History: Laws 2021, ch. 123, § 1; 2025, ch. 82, § 5.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, changed "This act" to "Chapter 63, Article 9J NMSA 1978".

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2025, ch. 82, § 10 provided that:

A. On July 1, 2025:

(1) all functions, personnel, money, appropriations, records, furniture, equipment, supplies and other property pertaining to the broadband deployment and connectivity program are transferred to the office of broadband access and expansion;

(2) all contractual obligations of the broadband deployment and connectivity program are binding on the office of broadband access and expansion; and

(3) all references in law, rules, orders and other official acts to the broadband deployment and connectivity program shall be deemed to be references to the office of broadband access and expansion.

B. As used in this section, "broadband deployment and connectivity program" means the program administratively established by the public school facilities authority to fulfill its support functions to the public school capital outlay council to meet the council's duties pursuant to Section 22-24-4.5 NMSA 1978 as that section existed prior to July 1, 2025.