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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 15.368 ADVANCED
1 2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE FUND –
1 3 PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
1 4 An advanced telecommunications services community
1 5 assistance fund is created in the state treasury under the
1 6 control of the department. The advanced telecommunications
1 7 services community assistance fund shall consist of moneys
1 8 appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys
1 9 obtained or accepted by the department for deposit in the
1 10 fund. The proceeds of the fund are appropriated to and shall
1 11 be used by the department for the implementation and
1 12 administration of an advanced telecommunications services
1 13 community assistance program, designed to assist Iowa
1 14 communities in acquiring access to high-speed, reliable,
1 15 competitively priced, advanced telecommunications services.
1 16 Funds may be used to conduct technology assessments, develop
1 17 community technology plans, and, if necessary, aid in the
1 18 implementation of advanced telecommunications services
1 19 deployment. To be eligible to receive assistance from the
1 20 fund for advanced telecommunications services deployment, a
1 21 community must at a minimum have completed a comprehensive
1 22 information technology plan that includes components for
1 23 advanced telecommunications services deployment, training in
1 24 the use of advanced telecommunications services, and
1 25 integration of advanced telecommunications services into other
1 26 community development plans. The department shall adopt rules
1 27 pursuant to chapter 17A to administer the program and develop
1 28 allocation criteria for distribution of proceeds from the fund
1 29 among eligible communities. The department may require
1 30 communities to provide matching funds as part of their request
1 31 for assistance. Notwithstanding section 8.33, all moneys in
1 32 the advanced telecommunications services community assistance
1 33 fund which remain unexpended or unobligated at the close of
1 34 the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the
1 35 state but shall remain available for expenditure for
2 1 subsequent fiscal years.
2 2 EXPLANATION
2 3 This bill provides for the creation of an advanced
2 4 telecommunications services community assistance fund in the
2 5 state treasury under the control of the department of economic
2 6 development. The bill provides that the fund shall consist of
2 7 moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other
2 8 moneys obtained or accepted by the department for deposit in
2 9 the fund. The bill provides that the fund shall be used for
2 10 the implementation and administration of an advanced
2 11 telecommunications services community assistance program,
2 12 designed to assist Iowa communities in acquiring access to
2 13 high-speed, reliable, competitively priced, advanced
2 14 telecommunications services. The bill provides that funds may
2 15 be used to conduct technology assessments, develop community
2 16 technology plans, and, if necessary, aid in the implementation
2 17 of advanced telecommunications services deployment. The bill
2 18 provides that in order to receive assistance for advanced
2 19 telecommunications services deployment, a community must at a
2 20 minimum have completed a comprehensive information technology
2 21 plan that includes components for advanced telecommunications
2 22 services deployment, training in the use of advanced
2 23 telecommunications services, and integration of advanced
2 24 telecommunications services into other community development
2 25 plans.
2 26 The bill provides that the department shall adopt rules
2 27 pursuant to Code chapter 17A to administer the program and
2 28 develop allocation criteria. The bill also provides that the
2 29 department may require communities to provide matching funds
2 30 as part of their request for assistance. The bill
2 31 additionally provides that moneys in the advanced
2 32 telecommunications services community assistance fund which
2 33 remain unexpended or unobligated at the close of the fiscal
2 34 year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
2 35 LSB 1482XS 79
3 1 rn/gg/8.2
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