1723-S2.E AMS SHOR S5387.1
E2SHB 1723 - S AMD TO WM COMM AMD (S-5042.3/22) 1473
By Senator Short
WITHDRAWN 03/04/2022
On page 7, line 4, after "goals" strike "and definitions" and insert "((and definitions))"
On page 7, beginning on line 5, after "advances" strike all material through "upload" on line 8 and insert "((, except that the state's definition for broadband service may not be actual speeds less than twenty-five megabits per second download and three megabits per second upload))"
On page 7, line 19, after "state;" insert "and"
On page 7, beginning on line 22, after "logistics" strike all material through "service" on line 25 and insert "((; and
(d) Requiring minimum broadband service of twenty-five megabits per second download and three megabits per second upload speed, that is scalable to faster service))"
EFFECT: Removes the Statewide Broadband Office's power and duty to update definitions for broadband service in unserved areas.
Removes the specification that the state's definition for broadband service may not be actual speeds less than twenty-five megabits per second download and three megabits per second upload.
Removes the requirement for the office, when developing plans or strategies for broadband deployment, to consider requiring minimum broadband service of twenty-five megabits per second download and three megabits per second upload speed, that is scalable to faster service.
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