Senate Amendment 5181


PAG LIN

     1  1    Amend Senate File 2353 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause
     1  3 and inserting:
     1  4    <Section 1.  SALE OR LEASE OF IOWA COMMUNICATIONS
     1  5 NETWORK.
     1  6    1.  The Iowa telecommunications and technology
     1  7 commission shall implement a request for proposals
     1  8 process to sell or lease the Iowa communications
     1  9 network.  The request for proposals shall provide for
     1 10 the sale to be concluded or the lease to commence
     1 11 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010.  The
     1 12 commission shall condition the sale or lease of the
     1 13 Iowa communications network with terms that will allow
     1 14 existing authorized users of the network to continue
     1 15 such use at a lower overall long=term cost when
     1 16 compared to the anticipated operation and maintenance
     1 17 costs if state ownership and control were to continue.
     1 18 The commission shall submit periodic status reports
     1 19 to the general assembly at three=month intervals,
     1 20 beginning on October 1, 2010, regarding progress made
     1 21 toward selling or leasing the network.
     1 22    2.  Proceeds from the sale or lease of the network
     1 23 pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the
     1 24 rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund established in section
     1 25 8.57.>
     1 26 #2.  Title page, by striking lines 2 and 3 and
     1 27 inserting <communications network connection facilities
     1 28 by providing for the sale or lease of the network.>


                                        
          BRAD ZAUN


                                        
          STEVE KETTERING


                                        
          JERRY BEHN


                                        
          JAMES A. SEYMOUR


                                        
          NANCY J. BOETTGER


                                        
          KIM REYNOLDS


                                        
          DAVID JOHNSON


                                        
          LARRY NOBLE


                                        
          PAT WARD


                                        
          DAVID L. HARTSUCH


                                        
          SHAWN HAMERLINCK


                                        
          JAMES F. HAHN


                                        
          RANDY FEENSTRA
          SF2353.1767 (5) 83
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