| (a) A challenge under this subchapter must be submitted
to the office not later than the 60th day after the broadband development
map is published or updated on the comptroller's website. If the comptroller
adopts a map produced by the Federal Communications Commission as
provided under Government Code, §490I.0105(q), a challenge under
this subchapter must be submitted not later than the 30th day after
the entity seeking to challenge a location submitted a successful
challenge to the Federal Communications Commission.
(b) The office may reject a challenge without further
action if the challenge is not submitted on forms prescribed by the
office or does not otherwise comply with this division or any criteria
established by the office as provided by this subchapter.
(c) The office shall provide notice of an accepted
challenge to each affected political subdivision and broadband service
provider by posting notice of the challenge on the comptroller's website.
For the purposes of this section, an affected political subdivision
or broadband service provider shall be deemed to have received notice
on the date the notice is posted on the comptroller's website.
(d) Not later than the 45th day after the date that
the office posts the notice required under subsection (c) of this
section, an impacted political subdivision or a broadband service
provider may provide information to the office showing whether the
broadband serviceable locations that have been challenged should or
should not be reclassified.
(e) Not later than the 75th day after the date that
the office posts the notice required under subsection (c) of this
section, the office shall determine whether to reclassify the challenged
broadband serviceable locations and shall update the map as necessary.
(f) In addition to the notice required under subsection
(c) of this section, the office shall send written notice of the challenges
that have been received under this subchapter to each political subdivision
and broadband service provider that subscribes to an email distribution
list managed by the office for the purpose of receiving notices from
the office. Notwithstanding this subsection, the date the notice is
received shall be deemed to be the date a notice issued under subsection
(c) of this section is posted on the comptroller's website.
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