Bill Text: MN SF2529 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Broadband service mapping and federal support evaluation for infrastructure deployment in rural areas appropriations
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-26 - Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance [SF2529 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2529-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Broadband service mapping and federal support evaluation for infrastructure deployment in rural areas appropriations
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-26 - Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance [SF2529 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2529-Introduced.html
1.2relating to broadband; appropriating money for broadband service mapping.
1.3BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.4 Section 1. BROADBAND SERVICE MAPPING; APPROPRIATION.
1.5$450,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the
1.6commissioner of employment and economic development for the purpose of funding one
1.7or more contracts with an independent organization to continue to:
1.8(1) collect broadband deployment data from Minnesota providers, verify its accuracy
1.9through on-the-ground testing, and create state and county maps available to the public
1.10showing the availability of broadband service at various upload and download speeds
1.11throughout Minnesota, in order to measure progress in achieving the state's broadband
1.12goals established in Minnesota Statutes, section 237.012;
1.13(2) analyze the deployment data collected to help inform future investments in
1.14broadband infrastructure; and
1.15(3) conduct business and residential surveys that measure broadband adoption and
1.16use in the state.
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.4 Section 1. BROADBAND SERVICE MAPPING; APPROPRIATION.
1.5$450,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the
1.6commissioner of employment and economic development for the purpose of funding one
1.7or more contracts with an independent organization to continue to:
1.8(1) collect broadband deployment data from Minnesota providers, verify its accuracy
1.9through on-the-ground testing, and create state and county maps available to the public
1.10showing the availability of broadband service at various upload and download speeds
1.11throughout Minnesota, in order to measure progress in achieving the state's broadband
1.12goals established in Minnesota Statutes, section 237.012;
1.13(2) analyze the deployment data collected to help inform future investments in
1.14broadband infrastructure; and
1.15(3) conduct business and residential surveys that measure broadband adoption and
1.16use in the state.
1.17EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
