Legislative findings.

The Legislature finds that the availability of high-speed broadband services, with the preference of speeds of 25 megabits per second of download speed and three megabits per second of upload speed or greater, in unserved rural Alabama is important for economic development, education, health care, and emergency services in Alabama, and that grants and other incentives set forth in this article will further those objectives by encouraging new investment in broadband infrastructure.

(Act 2018-395, §2.)