§9213.__Use of revenues

The revenues derived by the authority from any assessment, transfer of funds, lease, assignment, rental agreement or other disposition or any other revenue must be used for the purposes of this chapter and applied in a competitively neutral fashion and without giving preference to any one form of technology over another.

§9214. No franchise fees

The authority may not establish or collect a franchise fee pursuant to 47 United States Code, Section 542 or Title 30-A, section 3008.__If any tax, fee, charge or assessment or portion thereof established by the authority is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be a franchise fee, the imposition of that tax, fee, charge or assessment or portion thereof is unenforceable.

§9215. Repeal

This chapter is repealed January 31, 2009.

Sec. 4. 36 MRSA §2017 is enacted to read:

§2017.__Reimbursement of certain taxes relating to advanced

communications technology infrastructure

1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

A.__"Advanced communications technology infrastructure" has the same meaning as in Title 35-A, section 9202.

B.__"Authority" has the same meaning as in Title 35-A, section 9202.

C.__"Qualifying ConnectME zone" means a geographical area that is eligible for tax reimbursement under this section because the authority has determined that the area is an unserved or underserved area.

2.__Reimbursement allowed.__Following final adoption of rules under__subsection 7, but in no event earlier than July 1, 2007, a reimbursement is allowed as provided in this section for