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 rn/nh -1-