H-1231

   Amend House File 586 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 8B.25, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The office shall lead and coordinate a program to provide for the installation of fiberoptic network conduit where such conduit does not exist. The chief information officer shall consult and coordinate with applicable agencies and entities, including public utilities as defined in section 476.1, the state department of transportation, the economic development authority, county boards of supervisors, municipal governing bodies, the farm-to-market review board, county conservation boards, and the boards, commissions, or agencies in control of state parks, as determined appropriate to ensure that the opportunity is provided to lay or install fiberoptic network conduit wherever a state-funded construction project involves trenching, boring, a bridge, a roadway, or opening of the ground, or alongside any state-owned infrastructure.>
   2.  By striking page 4, line 16, through page 5, line 21.

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THOMPSON of Greene