Senate File 2400 H-8159 Amend Senate File 2400, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the Senate, as follows: 2 1. Page 3, line 18, after < including for > by inserting 3 < broadband mapping and > 4 2. Page 3, line 22, after < use > by inserting < not more than 5 one percent of the > 6 3. Page 3, line 22, after < fund > by inserting < at the 7 beginning of the fiscal year > 8 4. Page 5, by striking lines 15 through 32 and inserting: 9 < 5. The office shall not award a grant pursuant to this 10 section that exceeds fifteen thirty-five percent of the 11 communications service provider’s project cost. The total 12 amount of the grants the office awards from the empower rural 13 Iowa broadband grant fund pursuant to this section shall be as 14 follows: 15 a. For projects that will result in the installation of 16 broadband infrastructure that will facilitate broadband service 17 providing a minimum download speed less than one hundred 18 megabits per second but greater than or equal to the download 19 speed specified in the definition of targeted service area 20 in section 8B.1, and a minimum upload speed less than twenty 21 megabits per second but greater than or equal to the upload 22 speed specified in the definition of targeted service area in 23 section 8B.1, the total amount of the grants the office awards 24 shall not exceed fifty percent of the moneys in the fund at the 25 beginning of the fiscal year. However, if the amount requested 26 for projects that facilitate broadband service at the speeds 27 described in paragraph “b” for the fiscal year is less than the 28 amount reserved for projects under paragraph “b” , the office may 29 award the difference to projects under this paragraph for the 30 same fiscal year. 31 b. For projects that will result in the installation of 32 broadband infrastructure that will facilitate broadband service 33 providing a minimum download speed of one hundred megabits 34 per second and a minimum upload speed of twenty megabits per 35 -1- SF2400.3725 (2) 88 ja/jh 1/ 2 #1. #2. #3. #4.
second, the total amount of the grants the office awards shall 1 not exceed fifty percent of the moneys in the fund at the 2 beginning of the fiscal year. However, if the amount requested 3 for projects that facilitate broadband service at the speeds 4 described in paragraph “a” for the fiscal year is less than the 5 amount reserved for projects under paragraph “a” , the office may 6 award the difference to projects under this paragraph for the 7 same fiscal year. > 8 ______________________________ COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS MOHR of Scott, Chairperson -2- SF2400.3725 (2) 88 ja/jh 2/ 2