Senate Amendment 3126


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 554 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 25 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <9A.  "Institutional network" or "I=Net" means the
     1  5 system of dedicated fibers, coaxial cables, or wires
     1  6 constructed and maintained by an incumbent cable
     1  7 provider, or a competitive cable service provider or
     1  8 competitive video service provider, and related to its
     1  9 cable system or video services, which is not generally
     1 10 available to subscribers but which is reserved and
     1 11 dedicated by the franchise to serve the municipal and
     1 12 institutional facilities described in section 477A.3.>
     1 13 #2.  Page 8, line 6, by striking the word <only>.
     1 14 #3.  Page 8, line 9, by inserting after the word
     1 15 <applicant> the following:  <except for the following:
     1 16    a.  If the applicant is applying for a franchise as
     1 17 a competitive cable service provider or competitive
     1 18 video service provider that will be providing cable
     1 19 service or video service in competition with an
     1 20 incumbent cable provider that provides an I=Net and
     1 21 I=Net support to a municipality listed in the
     1 22 application, the application shall also include the
     1 23 terms pursuant to which the applicant proposes to
     1 24 provide I=Net and I=Net support equivalent to that
     1 25 provided by the incumbent cable provider for the
     1 26 purposes of police and fire communications and
     1 27 educational institution support.
     1 28    b.  If the application is submitted by an incumbent
     1 29 cable provider, the application shall include the
     1 30 terms by which the applicant proposes to provide
     1 31 ongoing I=Net and I=Net support for the purposes of
     1 32 police and fire communications and educational
     1 33 institution support equivalent to that provided under
     1 34 any franchise agreements that were in effect on
     1 35 January 1, 2007.
     1 36    7.  This chapter does not prohibit an incumbent
     1 37 cable provider and a competitive cable service
     1 38 provider or a competitive video service provider from
     1 39 cooperatively using facilities to provide I=Nets and
     1 40 I=Net support for the purposes of police and fire
     1 41 communications and educational institutional support>.
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     1 45 JEFF DANIELSON
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     1 49 FRANK B. WOOD
     1 50 SF 554.202 82
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