Bill Text: IA SF119 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the sale or lease of the Iowa communications network.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-02 - Subcommittee, Danielson, Dvorsky, and Whitver. S.J. 193. [SF119 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF119-Introduced.html

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Senate File 119 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  ZAUN, ANDERSON,
                                     ROZENBOOM, and WHITVER

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the sale or lease of the Iowa communications
  2    network.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  SALE OR LEASE OF IOWA COMMUNICATIONS
  1  2 NETWORK.  The Iowa telecommunications and technology commission
  1  3 shall implement a request for proposals process to sell
  1  4 or lease the Iowa communications network.  The request for
  1  5 proposals shall provide for the sale to be concluded or the
  1  6 lease to commence during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  1  7 2015.  The commission shall condition the sale or lease of the
  1  8 Iowa communications network with terms that will allow existing
  1  9 authorized users of the network to continue such use at a
  1 10 lower overall long=term cost when compared to the anticipated
  1 11 operation and maintenance costs if state ownership and control
  1 12 were to continue. The commission shall submit periodic status
  1 13 reports to the general assembly at three=month intervals,
  1 14 beginning on October 1, 2015, regarding progress made toward
  1 15 selling or leasing the network.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 19    This bill directs the Iowa telecommunications and technology
  1 20 commission to implement a request for proposals process to sell
  1 21 or lease the Iowa communications network, with the sale to be
  1 22 concluded or lease to commence during the fiscal year beginning
  1 23 July 1, 2015.  The bill specifies that the sale or lease must
  1 24 allow existing authorized users of the network to continue
  1 25 use at a lower overall long=term cost when compared to the
  1 26 anticipated operation and maintenance costs if state ownership
  1 27 and control were to continue. The bill requires the commission
  1 28 to submit status reports to the general assembly every three
  1 29 months, beginning October 1, 2015, regarding progress made
  1 30 toward selling or leasing the network.
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