House
Study
Bill
83
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
IOWA
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND
TECHNOLOGY
COMMISSION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
including
the
department
of
transportation’s
mobile
1
radio
initiatives
and
law
enforcement
communications
systems
2
within
the
scope
of
state
communications
included
in
the
3
Iowa
communications
network.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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H.F.
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Section
1.
Section
8D.2,
subsection
6,
Code
2017,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
6.
“State
communications”
refers
to
the
transmission
of
3
voice,
data,
video,
the
written
word
,
or
other
visual
signals
4
by
electronic
means
but
does
not
include
radio
and
television
5
facilities
and
other
educational
telecommunications
systems
and
6
services
including
narrowcast
and
broadcast
systems
under
the
7
public
broadcasting
division
of
the
department
of
education,
or
8
the
department
of
transportation
distributed
data
processing
9
and
mobile
radio
network
,
or
law
enforcement
communications
10
systems
.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
modifies
the
definition
of
“state
communications”
15
for
purposes
of
the
Iowa
communications
network
(ICN)
described
16
in
Code
chapter
8D.
17
Currently,
certain
communications
systems
and
facilities
18
of
the
department
of
education
public
broadcasting
division
19
and
of
the
department
of
transportation,
and
law
enforcement
20
communications
systems
are
specifically
excluded
from
the
21
definition
of
“state
communications”
included
within
the
22
scope
of
the
ICN.
The
bill
modifies
this
definition
by
23
removing
the
language
specifically
excluding
the
department
of
24
transportation's
mobile
radio
initiatives
and
law
enforcement
25
communications
systems.
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