Bill Text: MI HB5099 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Local government; financing; funding for providing qualified internet services; prohibit under certain circumstances. Amends 1968 PA 2 (MCL 141.421 - 141.440a) by adding sec. 13b.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-10-17 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/12/2017 [HB5099 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB5099-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5099

 

 

October 12, 2017, Introduced by Rep. Hoitenga and referred to the Committee on Communications and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 1968 PA 2, entitled

 

"Uniform budgeting and accounting act,"

 

(MCL 141.421 to 141.440a) by adding section 13b.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 13b. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2),

 

a local unit shall not use any federal, state, or local funds or

 

loans to pay for the cost of providing qualified internet service.

 

     (2) A local unit may enter into an agreement with 1 or more

 

private parties to provide qualified internet service.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "qualified internet service"

 

means high-speed internet service at a speed of at least 10 Mbps

 

upstream and 1 Mbps downstream.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.