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1 1 Section 1. Section 8D.13, Code 1995, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. Notwithstanding subsection 5, the
1 4 state may own fiber optic cable facilities or facilities with
1 5 DS-3 capacity for a Part III connection which is a spur
1 6 connection. For purposes of this subsection, "spur
1 7 connection" means a connection which is associated with a Part
1 8 III authorized user, described in subsection 2, paragraph "c",
1 9 which is located no more than one and one-half miles from a
1 10 fiber optic cable route used or to be used for connecting a
1 11 facility, identified in the Iowa national guard request for
1 12 proposals dated October 10, 1994, and any subsequent addendum,
1 13 to the network, or no more than one and one-half miles from an
1 14 Iowa national guard facility which is or is to be connected to
1 15 the network. The spur connection shall be no more than one
1 16 and one-half miles long and shall be connected to such fiber
1 17 optic cable route or national guard facility.
1 18 Sec. 2.
1 19 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 20 state to the Iowa telecommunications network fund under the
1 21 control of the Iowa telecommunications and technology com-
1 22 mission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1994, and ending
1 23 June 30, 1995, the following amount, or so much thereof as may
1 24 be necessary, to be deposited in a separate account and to be
1 25 used, notwithstanding section 8D.13, for costs associated with
1 26 spur connections to the network as defined in section 8D.13,
1 27 subsection 5A, which extend from a connection to an Iowa
1 28 national guard facility:
1 29 .................................................. $ 2,000,000
1 30 2. Upon a determination by the commission that the amount
1 31 appropriated in this section is sufficient to connect all of
1 32 the sites identified pursuant to this section, the commission
1 33 shall enter into the necessary agreements to begin completing
1 34 the connections as soon as possible. The agreements shall
1 35 provide that no additional cost will be incurred by the state
2 1 or the user in excess of the amount identified for each spur
2 2 connection and provided for in the amount appropriated in this
2 3 section. If the commission, upon negotiating the agreements
2 4 for the spur connections, determines that the amount necessary
2 5 for all connections is less than the amount appropriated in
2 6 this section, the commission may expend any remaining funds
2 7 for connecting additional spur connections which result from
2 8 the alternative routing of the connections to the national
2 9 guard facilities located in Council Bluffs, Davenport, and
2 10 Fort Dodge.
2 11 3. The commission shall provide in any agreements entered
2 12 into for the purpose of completing the spur connections for
2 13 which the appropriation in this section is made, that the
2 14 person with which such agreement is made shall not, at the
2 15 time such spur connection is completed, include or install any
2 16 other fiber optic cable facility or other similar facility
2 17 which is not owned by the state at the time the fiber optic
2 18 cable facility related to the spur connection is installed.
2 19 4. If the amount appropriated by this section is
2 20 insufficient to connect all sites as identified pursuant to
2 21 this section, the commission shall not connect any of the
2 22 sites identified pursuant to this section and the amount
2 23 appropriated in this section shall revert to the general fund
2 24 of the state on June 30, 1995.
2 25 5. The commission shall file a written report with the
2 26 general assembly on or before January 8, 1996, concerning the
2 27 actions of the commission related to this section and the
2 28 connections which have been completed, if any.
2 29 Sec. 3. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
2 30 takes effect upon enactment.
2 31 EXPLANATION
2 32 This bill provides that the state may own fiber optic cable
2 33 facilities or facilities with DS-3 capacity for a connection
2 34 associated with a Part III authorized user which is located no
2 35 more than one and one-half miles from a fiber optic cable
3 1 route used or to be used for connecting a facility, identified
3 2 in the Iowa national guard request for proposals dated October
3 3 10, 1994, and any subsequent addendum, to the network, or no
3 4 more than one and one-half miles from an Iowa national guard
3 5 facility which is or is to be connected to the network. These
3 6 connections are defined as spur connections.
3 7 The bill appropriates $2 million for the purpose of
3 8 connecting spur connections as defined in the bill. The bill
3 9 provides that if the commission determines that the amount
3 10 appropriated is not sufficient to connect all sites identified
3 11 in the bill, none of the identified sites are to be connected
3 12 and the appropriated moneys are to revert to the state general
3 13 fund. Agreements entered into by the commission for
3 14 completing the spur connections are to provide that the person
3 15 with which the agreement is made shall not install any other
3 16 fiber optic cable facility or other similar facility which is
3 17 not owned by the state at the time the fiber optic cable
3 18 facility related to the spur connection is installed. The
3 19 commission is to file a written report with the general
3 20 assembly on or before January 8, 1996, concerning the action
3 21 of the commission related to the spur connections.
3 22 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
3 23 LSB 2221SV 76
3 24 mj/jw/5
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