Mississippi House Bill 170 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish A Goal For The State Of Mississippi That By No Later Than The Year 2027, All Residents And Businesses Have Access To Broadband At Certain Specified Download And Upload Speeds; To Require The Local Governing Authorities Of Certain Impoverished Counties And Municipalities To Enter Into Public-private Partnerships With Select Communications And Information Technology Service Providers And "telecommunications Enterprises" For Purposes Of Providing Broadband Services To Those Impoverished Areas; To Authorize The Use Of Local And State Funds For The Implementation Of The Broadband Initiative; To Authorize The Local Governing Authorities To Apply For Loans And Grants From The Rural Utility Service Of The United States Department Of Agriculture; To Require The Mississippi Department Of Information Technology Services To Serve As The Network Backbone And Central Server To Satellite Networks; To Require Local School Districts To Serve As The Local Hub For The Impoverished Areas; To Amend Sections 19-3-41, 21-17-1 And 37-7-301, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Bring Forward Sections 57-87-3, 57-87-5 And 57-87-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establish The Mississippi Broadband Technology Development Act; And For Related Purposes.

Rural broadband initiative; create.

Rep. John Hines [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-11	House	Referred To Public Utilities

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0170.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0170IN.htm