Bill Text: IA SSB3034 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to broadband grant eligibility for public utilities and affiliates of public utilities in projects with communications service providers and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-18 - Subcommittee: Koelker, Quirmbach, and Williams. [SSB3034 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB3034-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3034
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SCHULTZ)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
broadband
grant
eligibility
for
public
1
utilities
and
affiliates
of
public
utilities
in
projects
2
with
communications
service
providers
and
including
3
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8B.11,
subsection
3,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
Communications
service
providers
may
apply
to
the
office
3
for
a
grant
pursuant
to
this
section
for
the
installation
of
4
broadband
infrastructure
that
facilitates
broadband
service
in
5
targeted
service
areas.
A
public
utility
as
defined
in
section
6
476.1
or
its
affiliate
that
supports
a
communication
service
7
provider’s
project
by
making
available
to
the
communication
8
service
provider
infrastructure
that
the
public
utility
or
9
affiliate
owns
or
constructs
may
apply
with
a
communication
10
service
provider
for
a
grant
pursuant
to
this
section
and
may
11
receive
grant
funds.
For
purposes
of
calculating
amounts
12
under
subsections
5
and
6,
project
costs
of
the
public
utility
13
or
affiliate
and
the
communications
service
provider
shall
14
be
aggregated.
The
office
shall
make
available
a
public
15
internet
site
identifying
all
publicly
available
information
16
contained
in
the
applications
and
any
results
of
performance
17
testing
conducted
after
the
project
is
completed.
The
office
18
shall
devote
one
full-time
equivalent
position
to
evaluate
19
applications
submitted
under
this
section
and
provide
technical
20
assistance
to
communications
service
providers
in
completing
21
applications
for
federal
funds,
or
any
other
funds
from
any
22
public
or
private
sources,
related
to
improving
broadband
23
infrastructure.
24
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
grant
25
applications
filed
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
broadband
grant
eligibility
for
public
30
utilities
and
affiliates
of
public
utilities.
31
Current
law
authorizes
communication
service
providers
to
32
apply
for
broadband
grants
through
the
empower
rural
Iowa
33
program.
The
bill
provides
that
a
public
utility
or
an
34
affiliate
of
a
public
utility
can
apply
for
empower
rural
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Iowa
grants
with
communications
service
providers
supporting
1
their
broadband
project
costs.
Costs
of
the
public
utility
2
or
the
public
utility
affiliate
will
be
combined
with
the
3
communications
service
provider
for
purposes
of
determining
4
grant
amount
limits.
The
bill’s
provisions
are
applicable
to
5
grant
applications
filed
on
or
after
the
bill’s
effective
date.
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