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House Journal: Page 1725: Wednesday, April 19, 1995

The bill, having failed to receive a constitutional majority was
declared to have failed to pass the House.

SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Lamberti of Polk called up for consideration House File 461, a
bill for an act relating to the Iowa communications network by
directing the Iowa telecommunications and technology commission
to conduct studies concerning the possible sale of the network,
and the possible conversion of the network into a public
utility, amended by the Senate amendment H-3976 as follows:
H-3976
 1     Amend House File 461, as passed by the House, as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 17 the
 4   following:
 5     "(  )  Providing redundancy for Parts I and II of
 6   the network at no cost to the state by a purchaser of
 7   the network."
 8     2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 22 the
 9   following:
10     "(  )  Providing for a long-term lease of capacity
11   sufficient to meet the needs of existing and future
12   educational users of the network identified in chapter
13   8D.
14     (  )  Proposed terms and costs associated with the
15   use of public rights-of-way.
16     (  )  A forecast of capacity requirements for the
17   next five to ten years and the manner in which such
18   capacity requirements can be satisfied.
19     (  )  Terms of access for uses other than
20   educational uses.
21     (  )  A listing of the complete inventory to be
22   sold including, but not limited to, the following:
23     (a)  The transfer of existing manufacturers'
24   warranties.
25     (b)  The transfer of existing agreements with other
26   network facility providers.
27     (c)  Fiber optic cable facility characteristics
28   including sizing by cross section.
29     (d)  Terminal and regeneration spacing.
30     (e)  Operation and use of existing switches and
31   equipment.
32     (  )  A review of whether a sale of the network
33   should be completed pursuant to a request for
34   proposals or by auction.
35     (  )  A review of the impact of federal
36   communications commission policy and regulations on
37   the potential sale of the network in its entirety or
38   in parts, and a recommendation as to the manner in

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