Senate File 2353 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 2353 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3004) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 3, 2010 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the provision of services through Iowa 1 communications network connection facilities under specified 2 circumstances. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 SF 2353 (4) 83 rn/nh/jh

S.F. 2353 Section 1. Section 8D.13, subsection 5, Code 2009, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 5. a. The state shall lease all fiberoptic cable 3 facilities or facilities with DS-3 sufficient capacity as 4 determined by the commission for Part III connections , for 5 which state funding is provided. The state shall lease 6 all fiberoptic cable facilities or facilities with DS-3 or 7 DS-1 capacity for the judicial branch, judicial district 8 department departments of correctional services, and state 9 agency connections for which state funding is provided. In 10 determining the capacity to be provided, the commission 11 shall consult with the authorized users associated with 12 the Part III connections, the judicial branch, the judicial 13 district departments of correctional services, and state 14 agencies associated with connections for which state funding 15 is provided. Such facilities shall be leased from qualified 16 providers. The state shall not own such facilities, except for 17 those facilities owned by the state as of January 1, 1994. 18 b. The lease provisions of this subsection do not apply to a 19 school district which elects to provide one hundred percent of 20 the financing for the district’s connection. 21 -1- SF 2353 (4) 83 rn/nh/jh 1/ 1