Bill Text: IA SF2048 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the connecting Iowa farms, schools, and communities broadband grant program, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-22 - Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Celsi, and Johnson. S.J. 129. [SF2048 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2048-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2048
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2048
BY
R.
TAYLOR
,
CELSI
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
and
DOTZLER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
connecting
Iowa
farms,
schools,
and
1
communities
broadband
grant
program,
making
appropriations,
2
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8B.11,
subsection
5,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
5.
The
office
shall
not
award
a
grant
pursuant
to
this
3
section
that
exceeds
fifteen
twenty-five
percent
of
the
4
communications
service
provider’s
project
cost.
5
Sec.
2.
OFFICE
OF
THE
CHIEF
INFORMATION
OFFICER
——
FY
6
2019-2020.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
7
state
to
the
office
of
the
chief
information
officer
for
the
8
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
ending
June
30,
2020,
9
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
10
used
for
the
purpose
designated:
11
For
deposit
in
the
connecting
Iowa
farms,
schools,
and
12
communities
broadband
grant
fund
established
under
section
13
8B.11
for
a
broadband
grant
program,
and
for
salaries,
support,
14
maintenance,
and
miscellaneous
purposes:
15
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$
1,500,000
16
From
the
moneys
appropriated
in
this
section,
$100,000
is
17
allocated
for
providing
technical
assistance
to
communications
18
service
providers
to
assist
them
in
applying
for
grants
under
19
section
8B.11.
20
Sec.
3.
OFFICE
OF
THE
CHIEF
INFORMATION
OFFICER
——
FY
21
2020-2021.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
22
state
to
the
office
of
the
chief
information
officer
for
the
23
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
ending
June
30,
2021,
24
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
25
used
for
the
purpose
designated:
26
For
deposit
in
the
connecting
Iowa
farms,
schools,
and
27
communities
broadband
grant
fund
established
under
section
28
8B.11
for
a
broadband
grant
program,
and
for
salaries,
support,
29
maintenance,
and
miscellaneous
purposes:
30
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$
10,100,000
31
From
the
moneys
appropriated
in
this
section,
$100,000
is
32
allocated
for
providing
technical
assistance
to
communications
33
service
providers
to
assist
them
in
applying
for
grants
under
34
section
8B.11.
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4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
1
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
relates
to
the
connecting
Iowa
farms,
schools,
and
6
communities
broadband
grant
program.
7
Currently,
the
office
of
the
chief
information
officer
8
is
prohibited
from
awarding
a
grant
from
the
connecting
Iowa
9
farms,
schools,
and
communities
broadband
grant
fund
that
10
exceeds
15
percent
of
the
communications
service
provider’s
11
project
cost.
The
bill
increases
the
percentage
limit
to
25
12
percent
of
the
communications
service
provider’s
project
cost.
13
The
bill
appropriates
moneys
to
the
office
for
FY
2019-2020
14
and
FY
2020-2021
for
deposit
in
the
connecting
Iowa
farms,
15
schools,
and
communities
broadband
grant
fund.
Moneys
are
16
allocated
each
fiscal
year
from
the
appropriations
to
be
used
17
for
providing
technical
assistance
to
communications
service
18
providers
to
assist
them
in
applying
for
grants
under
the
19
program.
20
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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