House Amendment 8291
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2536 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 3, by striking line 27 and inserting the
1 3 following:
1 4 <n. "Prospective purchaser or purchasers" means
1 5 the potential purchaser or purchasers>.
1 6 #2. Page 3, by striking line 31 and inserting the
1 7 following:
1 8 <o. "Qualified purchaser or purchasers" means a
1 9 prospective purchaser or purchasers>.
1 10 #3. Page 3, line 32, by striking the word <has>
1 11 and inserting the following: <have>.
1 12 #4. Page 4, line 23, by inserting after the word
1 13 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
1 14 #5. Page 4, line 24, by inserting after the word
1 15 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
1 16 #6. Page 4, line 33, by striking the word <has>
1 17 and inserting the following: <or purchasers have>.
1 18 #7. Page 5, by inserting after line 11, the
1 19 following:
1 20 <Sec. 101. SALE OF BACKBONE ASSETS == INITIAL
1 21 RIGHT TO SUBMIT OFFER. An incumbent local exchange
1 22 utility shall have a right of first refusal or initial
1 23 right to submit an offer with regard to any Part II
1 24 section of the network backbone that terminates within
1 25 the utility's service territory. An incumbent local
1 26 exchange utility shall have ninety days from the date
1 27 of issuance of a request for proposals pursuant to
1 28 section 3 of this Act to notify the authority of the
1 29 utility's intention to submit a purchase offer. A
1 30 purchase offer submitted pursuant to this section
1 31 shall be subject to the approval of the authority,
1 32 after the verification process as provided for in
1 33 section 4 of this Act. In the event that the ninety=
1 34 day period elapses without an offer submitted by an
1 35 incumbent local exchange utility, or an offer is not
1 36 approved, the authority shall proceed with selection
1 37 of a professional agent pursuant to section 3 of this
1 38 Act. All incumbent local exchange utilities
1 39 submitting approved offers shall share the Part I dark
1 40 fiber capacity, provide access to authorized users of
1 41 the network, and provide for the associated costs of
1 42 maintenance of the Part I section of the network
1 43 backbone.>
1 44 #8. Page 5, by striking lines 19 through 21 and
1 45 inserting the following: <professional agent. The
1 46 described backbone assets shall be available for a
1 47 single private purchaser, more than one purchaser, or
1 48 a consortium of purchasers, to purchase and the
1 49 state>.
1 50 #9. Page 5, line 26, by inserting after the word
2 1 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 2 #10. Page 5, line 27, by inserting after the word
2 3 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 4 #11. Page 6, line 8, by inserting after the word
2 5 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 6 #12. Page 6, line 11, by inserting after the word
2 7 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 8 #13. Page 6, line 32, by inserting after the word
2 9 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 10 #14. Page 7, line 2, by striking the word
2 11 <suffers> and inserting the following: <or purchasers
2 12 suffer>.
2 13 #15. Page 7, line 3, by inserting after the word
2 14 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 15 #16. Page 7, line 7, by inserting after the word
2 16 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 17 #17. Page 7, line 9, by inserting after the word
2 18 <purchaser's> the following: <or purchasers'>.
2 19 #18. Page 7, line 17, by inserting after the word
2 20 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 21 #19. Page 7, line 22, by inserting after the word
2 22 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 23 #20. Page 7, line 27, by inserting after the word
2 24 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 25 #21. Page 7, line 30, by striking the word <the>
2 26 and inserting the following: <a>.
2 27 #22. Page 7, line 31, by inserting after the word
2 28 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 29 #23. Page 7, line 34, by inserting after the word
2 30 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 31 #24. Page 8, line 15, by inserting after the word
2 32 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 33 #25. Page 8, line 16, by inserting after the word
2 34 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 35 #26. Page 8, line 17, by striking the word <the>
2 36 and inserting the following: <a>.
2 37 #27. Page 8, line 20, by striking the word <has>
2 38 and inserting the following: <or purchasers have>.
2 39 #28. Page 8, line 22, by striking the word <has>
2 40 and inserting the following: <or purchasers have>.
2 41 #29. Page 8, line 27, by striking the word
2 42 <agrees> and inserting the following: <or purchasers
2 43 agree>.
2 44 #30. Page 8, by striking line 34 and inserting the
2 45 following:
2 46 <5. Verifying that the purchaser or purchasers are
2 47 entities that agree>.
2 48 #31. Page 9, line 3, by inserting after the word
2 49 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
2 50 #32. Page 9, line 14, by inserting after the word
3 1 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 2 #33. Page 9, line 23, by inserting after the word
3 3 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 4 #34. Page 9, line 33, by inserting after the word
3 5 <purchaser's> the following: <or purchasers'>.
3 6 #35. Page 9, line 35, by inserting after the word
3 7 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 8 #36. Page 10, line 2, by inserting after the word
3 9 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 10 #37. Page 10, line 4, by inserting after the word
3 11 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 12 #38. Page 10, line 9, by inserting after the word
3 13 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 14 #39. Page 10, line 11, by inserting after the word
3 15 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 16 #40. Page 10, line 14, by inserting after the word
3 17 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 18 #41. Page 10, line 15, by striking the words
3 19 <purchaser, in good faith, intends> and inserting the
3 20 following: <purchaser or purchasers, in good faith,
3 21 intend>.
3 22 #42. Page 10, line 16, by striking the word <does>
3 23 and inserting the following: <or purchasers do>.
3 24 #43. Page 10, line 21, by striking the word
3 25 <receives> and inserting the following: <or
3 26 purchasers receive>.
3 27 #44. Page 10, line 29, by inserting after the word
3 28 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 29 #45. Page 10, line 35, by inserting after the word
3 30 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 31 #46. Page 11, line 3, by inserting after the word
3 32 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 33 #47. Page 11, line 5, by striking the word
3 34 <vendor's> and inserting the following: <purchaser's
3 35 or purchasers'>.
3 36 #48. Page 11, line 6, by inserting after the word
3 37 <location> the following: <or locations>.
3 38 #49. Page 11, line 7, by inserting after the word
3 39 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 40 #50. Page 11, line 9, by striking the words
3 41 <purchaser. The purchaser> and inserting the
3 42 following: <purchaser or purchasers. The purchaser
3 43 or purchasers>.
3 44 #51. Page 11, line 13, by inserting after the word
3 45 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>
3 46 #52. Page 11, line 13, by inserting before the
3 47 word <shall> the following: <or purchasers>.
3 48 #53. Page 11, line 21, by striking the word
3 49 <suffers> and inserting the following: <or purchasers
3 50 suffer>.
4 1 #54. Page 11, line 27, by inserting after the word
4 2 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
4 3 #55. Page 12, line 3, by inserting after the word
4 4 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
4 5 #56. Page 16, line 18, by inserting after the word
4 6 <purchaser> the following: <or purchasers>.
4 7 #57. By renumbering and relettering as necessary.
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4 11 KURTENBACH of Story
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4 15 HORBACH of Tama
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4 19 SANDS of Louisa
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4 23 QUIRK of Chickasaw
4 24 HF 2536.504 80
4 25 rn/pj
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