House Journal: Page 1338: Thursday, April 24, 2003
Unfinished Business Calendar
Senate File 368, a bill for an act relating to advanced
telecommunications services, including modification of rate
provisions, economic development promotional certification, and a
study of competition and access charges by the utilities board, with
report of committee recommending amendment and passage, was
taken up for consideration.
Dix of Butler offered amendment H-1327 filed by the committee on
commerce, regulation and labor as follows:
H-1327
1 Amend Senate File 368, as amended, passed, and
2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
3 1. Page 4, by striking lines 4 through 31 and
4 inserting the following: "the following new
5 subsection:
6 NEW SUBSECTION. 12. a. The Iowa broadband
7 initiative is".
8 2. Page 5, line 24, by striking the word and
9 figure "section 476.97,".
10 3. Page 6, by inserting after line 23 the
11 following:
12 "( ) By choosing to participate in the Iowa
13 broadband initiative, the participating carrier agrees
14 to make available to other carriers, on both a
15 wholesale and an unbundled basis, the services and
16 facilities that result from implementation of the
17 participating carrier's plan. The wholesale rates
18 shall be set by the board, which shall consider, among
19 other factors, the extent to which the service or
20 facility was financed by the revenues generated by the
21 rate increase allowed under this paragraph "c"."
22 4. Page 7, by inserting after line 6 the
23 following:
24 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 476.105 SEVERABILITY.
25 If any provision of this chapter or its application
26 to any person or circumstance is held invalid or
27 otherwise rendered ineffective by any entity, the
28 invalidity or ineffectiveness shall not affect other
29 provisions or applications of this chapter that can be
30 given effect without the invalid or ineffective
31 provision or application, and to this end the
32 provisions of this chapter are severable."
33 5. Page 7, by striking lines 7 through 29.
34 6. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting
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