House File 2325 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  D. OLSON and KUHN


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing counties to access the Iowa communications
  2    network as a public agency.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6194HH 82
  5 rn/rj/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8D.2, subsection 5, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  "Public agency" means a state agency, an institution
  1  4 under the control of the board of regents, the judicial branch
  1  5 as provided in section 8D.13, subsection 17, a school
  1  6 corporation, a city library, a library service area as
  1  7 provided in chapter 256, a county library as provided in
  1  8 chapter 336, or a judicial district department of correctional
  1  9 services established in section 905.2, to the extent provided
  1 10 in section 8D.13, subsection 15, an agency of the federal
  1 11 government, a county, or a United States post office which
  1 12 receives a federal grant for pilot and demonstration projects.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 8D.11, subsection 4, Code Supplement 2007,
  1 14 is amended to read as follows:
  1 15    4.  A political subdivision receiving communications
  1 16 services from the state as of April 1, 1986, may continue to
  1 17 do so but communications services shall not be provided or
  1 18 resold to additional political subdivisions other than a
  1 19 school corporation, a county, a city library, a library
  1 20 service area as provided in chapter 256, and a county library
  1 21 as provided in chapter 336.  The rates charged to the
  1 22 political subdivision shall be the same as the rates charged
  1 23 to state agencies.
  1 24    Sec. 3.  Section 8D.13, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
  1 25 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 26    c.  "Part III" means the communications connection between
  1 27 the secondary switching centers and the agencies defined in
  1 28 section 8D.2, subsections 4 and 5, excluding state agencies,
  1 29 institutions under the control of the board of regents,
  1 30 nonprofit institutions of higher education eligible for
  1 31 tuition grants, and the judicial branch, judicial district
  1 32 departments of correctional services, hospitals and physician
  1 33 clinics, agencies of the federal government, counties, and
  1 34 post offices.
  1 35    Sec. 4.  Section 8D.13, subsection 16, Code 2007, is
  2  1 amended to read as follows:
  2  2    16.  Access shall be offered to hospitals licensed pursuant
  2  3 to chapter 135B and physician clinics for diagnostic,
  2  4 clinical, consultative, data, and educational services for the
  2  5 purpose of developing a comprehensive, statewide telemedicine
  2  6 network, to an agency of the federal government, to a county,
  2  7 and to a post office defined as a public agency pursuant to
  2  8 section 8D.2, subsection 5.  A hospital, physician clinic, an
  2  9 agency of the federal government, a county, or a post office
  2 10 defined as a public agency pursuant to section 8D.2,
  2 11 subsection 5, shall be responsible for all costs associated
  2 12 with becoming a part of the network.
  2 13                           EXPLANATION
  2 14    This bill confers upon counties the status of a public
  2 15 agency for purposes of being authorized access to the Iowa
  2 16 communications network.  The bill makes conforming changes to
  2 17 Code chapter 8D, which deals with the Iowa communications
  2 18 network and the duties of the telecommunications and
  2 19 technology commission.
  2 20 LSB 6194HH 82
  2 21 rn/rj/14