Colorado § 29-27-501 - Definitions.
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§ 29-27-501. Definitions.
As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Broadband facility" has the same meaning as set forth in section 29-27-402 (1.5), but only as necessary to provide broadband internet services to multiunit buildings and does not include towers, poles, buildings, or enclosures larger than four cubic feet unless the property owner or mobile home park landlord grants permission to install any such facility.
(2) "Broadband internet service" means a retail service that transmits and receives data from a customer's property or determined point of presence to substantially all internet endpoints. The term includes any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operation of broadband internet service.
(3) "Mobile home park landlord" has the same meaning as "management" or "landlord", as set forth in section 38-12-201.5 (3).
(4) "Multiunit building" means a residential multidwelling building or a mobile home park. A "multiunit building" does not mean a commercial or nonresidential building.
(5) "Property owner" means the owner of a multiunit building or the manager of a multiunit building acting on behalf of the owner.
(6) "Provider" means a licensed provider of broadband internet services including private providers and providers financed by a local government.
(7) "Request for service" means an expression of interest from a tenant having a tenancy in a multiunit building received by a provider either by mail, telephone in which any such telephonic request is memorialized in writing signed by the tenant, or email. A contact between a tenant and a provider through a sign-up list contained on the provider's website will be deemed a request for service after the provider confirms the request in writing and obtains a signature by the tenant.
Source: L. 2024: Entire part added, (HB 24-1334), ch. 218, p. 1353, § 1, effective August 7.
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