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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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