La. Admin. Code tit. 4 § XXI-603

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XXI-603 - Reporting [Formerly Section 703]

A. Grant recipients shall submit to the office, no more than quarterly, unless otherwise required by federal statute or regulation, a report for each funded project for the duration of the agreement. The report shall include reporting requirements selected at the discretion of the office. Such reporting requirements, once selected, shall be consistently applied to all grant recipients of any grant program round and be effective for at least one program year. Reporting may be revised from program year to program year, at the discretion of the office.

B. Grant recipients, upon request from the office, shall provide:

1. project and expenditure reports, to include but not limited to: expenditures, project status, subawards, civil rights compliance, equity indicators, community engagement efforts, geospatial data, workforce plans and practices, and information about subcontracted entities; and

2. performance reports, to include but not limited to project outputs and outcomes.

C. Grant recipients shall submit to the office an annual report for each funded project for the duration of the agreement. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following summary of the items contained in the grant agreement and the following details:

1. the number of residential and commercial locations that have broadband access as a result of the project;

2. percentage of households in the project area who have access to broadband service;

3. percentage of subscribers in the project area to the broadband service;

4. average monthly subscription rate for residential and commercial broadband service in the project area;

5. any right-of-way fees or permit fees paid to local government, state government, railroad, private entity, or person during the fulfillment of the grant awarded;

6. any delays encountered when obtaining a right-of-way permission.

D. The office, at its sole discretion and at any time, shall reserve the right to request any additional data and reporting information that the office deems necessary.

La. Admin. Code tit. 4, § XXI-603

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity, LR 47, Amended LR 47, Amended LR 481515 (6/1/2022), Amended LR 48, Amended LR 49

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 51:2370-2370.16.