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18   amount to a separate fund established in the office of
19   the treasurer of state, to be used solely for debt
20   service for the Iowa communications network.  The
21   commission shall certify to the treasurer of state
22   when a debt service payment is due, and upon receipt
23   of the certification the treasurer shall make the
24   payment.  The commission shall pay any additional
25   amount due from funds deposited in the Iowa
26   communications network fund.
27     Sec.2.  PART III RELATED APPROPRIATIONS.
28     1.  PART III AUTHORIZED USERS.
29     a.  There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa
30   infrastructure fund of the state created in section
31   8.57, subsection 5, to the Iowa communications network
32   fund under the control of the Iowa telecommunications
33   and technology commission for the fiscal year
34   beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the
35   following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
36   to be used for the purpose designated:
37     For the connection of a minimum of 110 Part III
38   authorized users as determined by the commission and
39   communicated to the general assembly:
40  		 $	 19,600,095
41     b.  It is the intent of the general assembly that
42   the connection of the authorized user sites pursuant
43   to this subsection be awarded based upon the Part III
44   contracts executed in 1995.
45     c.  It is also the intent of the general assembly
46   that the commission lease DS-1 or T-1 circuits for
47   Part III connections currently using analog
48   technology.
49     d.  Notwithstanding the fact that funds
50   appropriated pursuant to this subsection will not be

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 1   made available prior to July 1, 1996, the Iowa
 2   telecommunications and technology commission is
 3   authorized to negotiate and enter into contracts for
 4   ordering necessary equipment related to the completion
 5   of the connections authorized in paragraph "a" as
 6   deemed appropriate by the commission upon the
 7   effective date of this paragraph.
 8     2.  PART III NETWORK COSTS - SUBSIDIZATION FUND.
 9   There is appropriated from the general fund of the
10   state to the Iowa communications network fund created
11   in section 8D.14 for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
12   1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the following amount,
13   or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
14   purposes designated in this subsection:
15     For the subsidization of video rates for authorized
16   users as determined by the commission and consistent
17   with chapter 8D:

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