Bill Text: IA SSB1153 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act eliminating the education telecommunications council and regional telecommunications councils established under the Iowa communications network.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-02-18 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SSB1153 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB1153-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1153
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
IOWA
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND
TECHNOLOGY
COMMISSION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
eliminating
the
education
telecommunications
council
and
1
regional
telecommunications
councils
established
under
the
2
Iowa
communications
network.
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BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8D.8,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
8D.8
Scheduling
for
authorized
users.
3
Except
as
provided
in
section
8D.5
,
an
An
authorized
user
4
is
responsible
for
all
scheduling
of
the
use
of
the
authorized
5
user’s
facility.
A
person
who
disputes
a
scheduling
decision
6
of
such
user
may
petition
the
commission
for
a
review
of
such
7
decision
pursuant
to
section
8D.3,
subsection
3
,
paragraph
“c”
.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
8D.13,
subsection
8,
Code
2019,
is
amended
9
by
striking
the
subsection.
10
Sec.
3.
REPEAL.
Section
8D.5,
Code
2019,
is
repealed.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
strikes
Code
section
8D.5,
which
establishes
15
the
education
telecommunications
council
and
regional
16
telecommunications
councils
under
the
Iowa
communications
17
network
(ICN).
Code
section
8D.5
provides
that
the
18-member
18
education
telecommunications
council
is
responsible
for
19
scheduling
and
site
usage
policies
for
educational
users
of
the
20
ICN,
coordinating
the
activities
of
regional
telecommunications
21
councils,
developing
proposed
rules
and
changes
to
rules
for
22
recommendation
to
the
Iowa
telecommunications
and
technology
23
commission,
and
recommending
long-range
plans
for
enhancements
24
needed
for
educational
applications.
Code
section
8D.5
also
25
provides
that
regional
telecommunications
councils,
established
26
in
each
merged
area
as
provided
in
Code
chapter
260C,
are
27
responsible
for
advising
the
education
telecommunications
28
council
on
the
assessment
of
local
educational
needs
and
29
the
coordination
of
program
activities.
The
bill
removes
30
references
to
the
education
telecommunications
council
and
31
regional
telecommunications
councils
from
Code
chapter
8D.
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