Relating to the financing of the construction or repair of works or facilities used to provide telecommunications services

Sponsored by the House Information Technology Committee

Topics:Cities & counties Technology & privacy

Same legislation: HSB 621

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 26, 2022
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 26, 2022
Done: House committeeFebruary 15, 2022
Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Senate committee
Next: Passes the Senate
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Companies that provide phone and internet services can now team up to pay for building or fixing fiberoptic pipes and ducts. This rule allows them to use certain types of joint financing to cover the costs of these networks and the land needed for them. Cities must also make sure they allow different companies to use these fiberoptic pipes fairly.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill relates to the financing of the construction or repair of works or facilities used to provide telecommunications services. The bill permits joint financing under Code chapter 28F for works or facilities useful for the operation of a telecommunications system or the provision of telecommunications services.24 shall include the construction, reconstruction, and repair of fiberoptic network conduit and the acquisition of real estate interests needed for such purposes.25 to include a pipe, vault, or duct used to enclose fiberoptic cable facilities buried alongside a roadway or surface mounted on a bridge, overpass, or other facility where placement below ground is impossible or impractical but not including electronics or cable. §332 regarding mobile services and shall provide nondiscriminatory access to fiberoptic network conduit owned or leased by the city to provide telecommunications services.

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House subcommittee

Named January 26, 2022 (as HSB 621). On February 9, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§28F.1 §384.24

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Lobbying

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HSB 621Renumbered

89th General Assembly

HF 2459Cleared committeefrom HSB 621