Senate Amendment 3137


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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    c.  The board shall enforce the provisions of the
     1 37 franchise and shall hear consumer complaints pursuant
     1 38 to section 477A.8.
     1 39    7.  This chapter does not prohibit an incumbent
     1 40 cable provider and a competitive cable service
     1 41 provider or a competitive video service provider from
     1 42 cooperatively using facilities to provide I=Nets and
     1 43 I=Net support for the purposes of police and fire
     1 44 communications and educational institutional support>.
     1 45 #4.  By striking page 12, line 34, through page 13,
     1 46 line 3, and inserting the following:  <resolved
     1 47 through this informal process, a customer may file a
     1 48 complaint with the board pursuant to section 476.3.
     1 49 If the complaint involves an allegation of
     1 50 discrimination pursuant to section 477A.10, or an
     2  1 allegation of anticompetitive practices, the board
     2  2 shall include the office of consumer advocate in any
     2  3 proceeding used to determine the validity of the
     2  4 complaint.>
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     2  7                               
     2  8 JEFF DANIELSON
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     2 12 WILLIAM DOTZLER
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     2 16 JACK HATCH
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     2 20 FRANK B. WOOD
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     2 24 ROBERT E. DVORSKY
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     2 28 BRIAN SCHOENJAHN
     2 29 SF 554.705 82
     2 30 rn/gg/6468

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