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IN SB0281
Bill
Status
1/9/2017
Primary Sponsor
Mark Messmer
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AI Summary
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Amends Indiana Code IC 5-28-28.5-6 to add a broadband adoption procedure requirement for units seeking certification as broadband ready communities.
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Requires certified units to establish a procedure that includes: a single point of contact for broadband adoption, notification to existing broadband service providers of the community's application, and commitment to work with service providers to promote adoption.
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Prohibits units from discriminating among communications service providers when promoting broadband adoption or imposing fees on service providers to fund promotion activities.
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Defines "broadband adoption" as the number of individuals who subscribe to broadband services under Indiana Code IC 8-1-33-8.
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Becomes effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Broadband development. Provides that a local governmental unit that wishes to be certified as a broadband ready community must establish a procedure under which the unit promotes increasing the number of subscribers to broadband services in the unit after the unit is certified as a broadband ready community.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology
1/9/2017