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Senate File 372      

                            AN ACT
REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATEWIDE BROADBAND POLICY
   DEVELOPMENT INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  STATEWIDE BROADBAND POLICY DEVELOPMENT INTERIM
STUDY COMMITTEE.  The legislative council is requested to
establish an interim study committee to evaluate the need for
statewide broadband access, the extent to which such access
exists, and the necessity for and content of a statewide
broadband policy.  In conducting the study, the committee
shall review exclusively the provisions of the federal
communications code and other federal laws affecting the
implementation of broadband.  The committee shall be composed
of ten members, representing both political parties and both
houses of the general assembly.  Five members shall be members
of the senate, three of whom shall be appointed by the
majority leader of the senate, and two of whom shall be
appointed by the minority leader of the senate.  Five members
shall be members of the house of representatives, three of
whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives, and two of whom shall be appointed by the
minority leader of the house of representatives.  If the
committee decides to issue a report on its review of federal
law to the general assembly, the report shall be issued by
January 15, 2010.


                                                            
                              JOHN P. KIBBIE
                              President of the Senate


                                                            
                              PATRICK J. MURPHY
                              Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 372, Eighty=third General Assembly.


                                                            
                              MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
                              Secretary of the Senate
Approved                , 2009


                               
CHESTER J. CULVER
Governor

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