he South Central Alabama Broadband Cooperative District (SCABCD) is a Special Purpose Capital Improvement Cooperative District created through a special legislative act codified in the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended in Chapter 11, Section 99B. This act aims to encourage and facilitate cooperative efforts by public entities to develop projects for their own use and for the benefit of their citizens and users. The SCABCD’s purpose is to own and manage a publicly funded, community-owned next generation broadband in Alabama network in South Central Alabama and the Black Belt Region.