Amendment SA2-SB272

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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE

SENATE AMENDMENT 2, TO 2003 SENATE BILL 272

November 11, 2003 - Offered by Committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure.

SB272-SA2,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:

SB272-SA2,1,2 1. Page 1, line 5: delete "Internet access" and substitute "broadband".

SB272-SA2,1,3 2. Page 2, line 9: after that line insert:

SB272-SA2,1,5 "(c) The provision of broadband service by the cable television system, if the requirements of s. 66.0422 (3) (a) 1., 2., or 3. are satisfied.".

SB272-SA2,1,6 3. Page 3, line 2: delete " Internet access" and substitute "broadband".

SB272-SA2,1,8 4. Page 3, line 7: delete "No local government" and substitute "Except as provided in sub. (3), no local government".

SB272-SA2,1,9 5. Page 3, line 9: delete "Internet access" and substitute "broadband".

SB272-SA2,1,10 6. Page 3, line 23: after that line insert:

SB272-SA2,1,13 "(3) (a) Subsection (2) does not apply to a facility for providing broadband service to an area within the boundaries of a local government if any of the following are satisfied:

SB272-SA2,2,7 1. The local government asks, in writing, each person that provides broadband service within the boundaries of the local government whether the person currently provides broadband service to the area or intends to provide broadband service within 9 months to the area and within 60 days after receiving the written request no person responds in writing to the local government that the person currently provides broadband service to the area or intends to provide broadband service to the area within 9 months.

SB272-SA2,2,11 2. The local government determines that a person who responded to a written request under subd. 1. that the person currently provides broadband service to the area did not actually provide broadband service to the area and no other person makes the response to the local government described in subd. 1.

SB272-SA2,2,16 3. The local government determines that a person who responded to a written request under subd. 1. that the person intended to provide broadband service to the area within 9 months did not actually provide broadband service to the area within 9 months and no other person makes the response to the local government described in subd. 1.

SB272-SA2,2,19 (4) Notwithstanding sub. (2), a local government may enact an ordinance or adopt a resolution authorizing the local government to prepare a report specified in sub. (2) (c).

SB272-SA2,3,2 (5) If a local government enacts an ordinance or adopts a resolution that complies with the requirements of sub. (2), the local government must determine the cost incurred in preparing the report specified in sub. (2) (c). As soon as practicable after the local government generates revenue from a facility specified in sub. (2) (intro.), the local government shall use the revenues to reimburse the treasury of the local government for the cost determined under this subsection.".

SB272-SA2,3,3 (End)