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1 1 Section 1. Section 8D.13, subsection 11, Code 1995, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 11. a. The fees charged for use of the network to a
1 4 private or public agency which is not a hospital or physician
1 5 clinic, an agency of the federal government, or a United
1 6 States post office shall be based on the ongoing operational
1 7 costs of the network only.
1 8 b. The fees charged for use of the network to a hospital
1 9 or physician clinic, an agency of the federal government, or a
1 10 United States post office shall be based on the total costs of
1 11 providing the network, including construction, operational,
1 12 and maintenance costs, and the financing costs associated with
1 13 the construction of the network.
1 14 Sec. 2. The Iowa telecommunications and technology
1 15 commission shall request that each school district, accredited
1 16 nonpublic school, and public library submit a usage plan which
1 17 shall include the anticipated date by which the user intends
1 18 to be connected to the network, the anticipated number of
1 19 hours of usage during the calendar year following the
1 20 connection, the anticipated uses of the network and the type
1 21 of programming which will be utilized by the user, the
1 22 anticipated number of individuals who will participate in the
1 23 programs, and any other information which the commission deems
1 24 necessary. The commission shall solicit the recommendations
1 25 of the education telecommunications council regarding
1 26 additional criteria to be used or information to be solicited
1 27 pursuant to this section.
1 28 The commission shall request that each Part III user
1 29 identified pursuant to this section which is connected to the
1 30 network agree to use the network for a minimum number of hours
1 31 for the calendar year following the completion of the
1 32 connection. The agreement shall provide that a user will
1 33 guarantee a minimum of three hundred seventy-five hours of
1 34 usage during the year or the number of hours of use which
1 35 could be purchased for the amount of the lease divided by an
2 1 eight dollar per hour network charge, whichever is less.
2 2 Sec. 3. Notwithstanding contrary provisions of chapter 8D,
2 3 access shall not be provided to the network to any other
2 4 entity pursuant to a new or existing chapter 28E or other
2 5 agreement.
2 6 Sec. 4. The Iowa telecommunications and technology
2 7 commission shall develop and issue for response a request for
2 8 proposals for the construction, installation, repair,
2 9 maintenance, or acquisition of equipment and parts necessary
2 10 for the connection of Part III authorized users to the Iowa
2 11 communications network as provided in this section. The
2 12 request for proposals shall allow flexibility for proposals to
2 13 be submitted on a site-by-site basis, or defined geographic
2 14 area basis which may include parts of one or more merged
2 15 areas. The request for proposals shall provide that the terms
2 16 of a bid shall be based upon a ten-year level payment lease
2 17 and shall not include front loaded lease payments.
2 18 Sec. 5. Notwithstanding contrary provisions of chapter 8D,
2 19 the Iowa telecommunications and technology commission shall
2 20 develop and issue for response a request for proposals for the
2 21 sale of the Iowa communications network. The commission shall
2 22 review and determine the impact of federal and state
2 23 regulatory laws and current bond obligations on such sale.
2 24 The request for proposals shall allow flexibility for
2 25 proposals to be submitted such that a bid may be submitted for
2 26 all or a portion of the network. The commission shall not
2 27 enter into any agreement related to a proposal submitted in
2 28 response to the request for proposals without the prior
2 29 authorization by a constitutional majority of each house of
2 30 the general assembly and approval by the governor as provided
2 31 in section 8D.12.
2 32 Sec. 6. The Iowa telecommunications and technology
2 33 commission shall file a written report with the general
2 34 assembly on or before September 1, 1995, regarding the results
2 35 of the June 30, 1995, network audit. The report shall be
3 1 provided to each member of the general assembly.
3 2 EXPLANATION
3 3 This bill relates to the expansion and future of the Iowa
3 4 communications network.
3 5 Section 8D.13 is amended to provide that fees charged for
3 6 use of the network to a private or public agency which is not
3 7 a hospital or physician clinic, an agency of the federal
3 8 government, or a United States post office are to be based on
3 9 the ongoing operational costs of the network only. The fees
3 10 charged for use of the network to a hospital or physician
3 11 clinic, an agency of the federal government, or a United
3 12 States post office are to be based on the total costs of
3 13 providing the network, including construction, operational,
3 14 and maintenance costs, and the financing costs associated with
3 15 the construction of the network.
3 16 Section 2 directs the commission to request that each
3 17 school district, accredited nonpublic school, and public
3 18 library submit a usage plan which shall include the
3 19 anticipated date by which the user intends to be connected to
3 20 the network, the anticipated number of hours of usage during
3 21 the calendar year following the connection, the anticipated
3 22 uses of the network and the type of programming which will be
3 23 utilized by the user, the anticipated number of individuals
3 24 who will participate in the programs, and any other
3 25 information which the commission deems necessary. The
3 26 commission is to solicit recommendations for additional
3 27 information and criteria from the education telecommunications
3 28 council which should be included in this request.
3 29 Section 3 provides that access is not to be provided to the
3 30 network to any additional entities pursuant to a new or
3 31 existing chapter 28E or other agreement.
3 32 Section 4 directs the commission to develop and release a
3 33 request for proposals for the connection of Part III sites.
3 34 The request for proposals is to allow flexibility for
3 35 proposals to be submitted on a site-by-site basis, or defined
4 1 geographic area basis which may include parts of one or more
4 2 merged areas.
4 3 Section 5 directs the commission to develop and release a
4 4 request for proposals for the sale of the network. The
4 5 commission is to review and determine the impact of federal
4 6 and state regulatory laws and current bond obligations on such
4 7 sale. The commission is prohibited from entering into any
4 8 agreement related to a proposal submitted in response to the
4 9 request for proposals without the prior authorization by a
4 10 constitutional majority of each house of the general assembly
4 11 and approval by the governor as provided in section 8D.12.
4 12 Section 6 directs the commission to file a written report
4 13 with the general assembly on or before September 1, 1995,
4 14 regarding the results of the June 30, 1995, network audit.
4 15 The report shall be provided to each member of the general
4 16 assembly.
4 17 LSB 2483XS 76
4 18 mj/cf/24
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