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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="6.5-108" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2030 PER CHAPTER 74 OF 2021" title_number="6.5" title_name="Office of Statewide Broadband" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to a county or municipal corporation within the Washington Suburban Sanitary District.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A county or municipal corporation may adopt, by ordinance or resolution, locally appropriate policies to advance progress of infrastructure, equipment, and systems needed to extend broadband access to underserved areas, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>expedited consideration of locally imposed permits or approvals customarily applied to comparable projects;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the waiver or reduction of fees or charges customarily associated with comparable projects;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>using project–based or region–based authority for public–private partnerships of related projects; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>measures consistent with other county laws, implemented to accelerate deployment of infrastructure and equipment necessary or desirable to promote broadband deployment into underserved areas.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
