Virginia Senate Bill 1461 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-08 - Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Universal broadband deployment. Establishes a process for the State Corporation Commission to certify priority rural broadband suppliers. Applicants for certification are required to identify the rural counties in which they commit to provide universal broadband service. Rural counties are counties with a population of less than 25,000 in which fewer than 90 percent of business locations or 50 percent of homes have access to broadband service. Rates of certificated priority rural broadband suppliers are subject to regulation by the Commission and other obligations imposed on public utilities.

Universal Broadband Deployment Act; establishes process for SCC to certify priority suppliers.

Sen. Phillip Puckett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-08		Senate: Left in Commerce and Labor
2011-01-21		Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2011-01-21		Senate: Presented and ordered printed 11104050D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+SB1461
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+SB1461+hil