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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 482 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Section 1. Section 8D.3, subsection 3, paragraph 1 5 i, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 6 i. Evaluate existing and projected rates for use 1 7 of the system and ensure that rates are sufficient to 1 8 pay for the operation of the systemexcept to the1 9extent such use is subsidized by general fund1 10appropriations as authorized by the general assembly1 11 excluding the cost of construction and lease costs for 1 12 Parts I, II, and III. The commission shall establish 1 13 all hourly rates to be charged to all authorized users 1 14 for the use of the network. A fee established by the 1 15 commission to be charged to a hospital licensed 1 16 pursuant to chapter 135B, a physician clinic, or the 1 17 federal government shall be at an appropriate rate so 1 18 that, at a minimum, there is no state subsidy related 1 19 to the costs of the connection or use of the network 1 20 related to such user. 1 21 Sec. . Section 8D.13, subsection 2, paragraph 1 22 c, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 23 c. "Part III" means the communications connection 1 24 between the secondary switching centers and the 1 25 agencies defined in section 8D.2, subsections 4 and 5, 1 26 excluding city, regional, and county libraries, state 1 27 agencies, institutions under the control of the board 1 28 of regents, nonprofit institutions of higher education 1 29 eligible for tuition grants, and the judicial 1 30 department, judicial district departments of 1 31 correctional services, hospitals and physician 1 32 clinics, agencies of the federal government, and post 1 33 offices. 1 34 Sec. . Section 8D.13, subsections 3 and 16, 1 35 Code 1995, are amended to read as follows: 1 36 3. The financing for the procurement costs for the 1 37 entirety of Part I except for the communications 1 38 connections between central switching and institutions 1 39 under the control of the board of regents, and 1 40 nonprofit institutions of higher education eligible 1 41 for tuition grants, and for the video, data, and voice 1 42 capacity for state agencies and for Part II and Part 1 43 III, shall be provided by the state, except as 1 44 provided in subsection 3A. The financing for the 1 45 procurement and maintenance costs for Part III shall 1 46 be provided by the state. A local school board, 1 47 governing authority of a nonpublic school, or an area 1 48 education agency board may elect to provide one 1 49 hundred percent of the financing for the procurement 1 50 and maintenance costs for Part III to become part of 2 1 the network. The basis for the amount of state 2 2 financing is one hundred percent of a single 2 3 interactive audio and interactive video connection for 2 4 Part III, and such data and voice capacity as is 2 5 necessary. If a school board, governing authority of 2 6 a nonpublic school, or area education agency board 2 7 elects to provide one hundred percent of the financing 2 8 for the leasing costs for Part III, the school 2 9 district or area education agency may become part of 2 10 the network as soon as the network can reasonably 2 11 connect the district or agency. A local school board, 2 12 governing authority of a nonpublic school, or an area 2 13 education agency board may also elect not to become 2 14 part of the network. Construction of Part III, 2 15 related to a school board, governing authority of a 2 16 nonpublic school, or area education agency board which 2 17 provides one hundred percent of the financing for the 2 18 leasing costs for Part III, may proceed as determined 2 19 by the commission and consistent with the purpose of 2 20 this chapter. 2 21 16. Access shall be offered to hospitals licensed 2 22 pursuant to chapter 135B and physician clinics for 2 23 diagnostic, clinical, consultative, data, and 2 24 educational services for the purpose of developing a 2 25 comprehensive, statewide telemedicine network, to an 2 26 agency of the federal government, and to a post office 2 27 defined as a public agency pursuant to section 8D.2, 2 28 subsection 5. A hospital, physician clinic, an agency 2 29 of the federal government, or a post office defined as 2 30 a public agency pursuant to section 8D.2, subsection 2 31 5, shall be responsible for all costs associated with 2 32 becoming a part of the network and all operational 2 33 costs associated with such entity's use of the 2 34 network. 2 35 Sec. . Section 8D.13, Code 1995, is amended by 2 36 adding the following new subsections: 2 37 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. A local school board or 2 38 governing authority of a nonpublic school shall 2 39 provide one hundred percent of the financing for the 2 40 procurement and maintenance costs for a Part III 2 41 connection associated with the connection of an 2 42 administrative facility or office which is not used 2 43 primarily for student instruction in grades 2 44 kindergarten through twelve. 2 45 NEW SUBSECTION. 12A. Access to the network shall 2 46 not be permitted by an originating site or any 2 47 receiving site associated with an interactive video 2 48 application of the network unless at least one of the 2 49 entities associated with the interactive video 2 50 application is an authorized user of the network. For 3 1 purposes of this subsection, a public or private 3 2 agency authorized to access the network is not deemed 3 3 to be an authorized user for purposes of the 3 4 interactive video application or use if the agency 3 5 only provides its facility for use as the originating 3 6 site or as a receiving site. 3 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 13B. Access to the network shall 3 8 not be offered or provided to an unauthorized user 3 9 pursuant to an agreement entered into pursuant to 3 10 chapter 28E between any public or private agency and 3 11 such unauthorized user. 3 12 Sec. 101. There is appropriated from the general 3 13 fund of the state to the Iowa communications network 3 14 fund created in section 8D.14 for the fiscal year 3 15 beginning July 1, 1994, and ending June 30, 1995, the 3 16 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary: 3 17 .................................................. $ 5,202,234 3 18 Sec. . There is appropriated from the general 3 19 fund of the state to the Iowa communications network 3 20 fund created in section 8D.14 for the fiscal year 3 21 beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, the 3 22 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 3 23 to be used for the purposes designated: 3 24 1. OPERATIONS 3 25 For salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous 3 26 purposes, and for not more than the following full- 3 27 time equivalent positions: 3 28 .................................................. $ 4,658,185 3 29 ............................................... FTEs 56.0 3 30 Of the amount appropriated in this subsection, 3 31 $3,200,000 shall be deposited in a separate temporary 3 32 account established for the fiscal year beginning July 3 33 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, in the Iowa 3 34 communications network fund, to be used for the 3 35 subsidization of video rates for authorized users as 3 36 determined by the commission and consistent with 3 37 chapter 8D. 3 38 2. NETWORK OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 3 39 For a network operations revolving account 3 40 established in the Iowa communications network fund: 3 41 .................................................. $ 1,000,000 3 42 3. STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 3 43 FOR SALE. 3 44 For the coordination and completion of the study 3 45 relating to the sale or conversion of the Iowa 3 46 communications network pursuant to House File 461, if 3 47 enacted by the general assembly during the 1995 3 48 regular session, the following amount, or so much 3 49 thereof as is necessary: 3 50 .................................................. $ 250,000 4 1 Sec. . There is appropriated from the general 4 2 fund of the state to the public broadcasting division 4 3 in the department of education for the fiscal year 4 4 beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, the 4 5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 4 6 to be used for the purpose designated: 4 7 .................................................. $ 361,420 4 8 Sec. . Section 101 of this Act, being deemed of 4 9 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment." 4 10 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 4 11 4 12 4 13 4 14 BRUNKHORST of Bremer 4 15 4 16 4 17 4 18 CORMACK Of Webster 4 19 4 20 4 21 4 22 WISE of Lee 4 23 4 24 4 25 4 26 MYERS of Johnson 4 27 HF 482.701 76 4 28 mj/sc
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