1336-S AMH CORR JONC 226

SHB 1336 - H AMD 60

By Representative Corry

ADOPTED 02/23/2021

On page 5, at the beginning of line 1, strike all material through "RCW 43.330.536" on line 16 and insert "(1) Before providing retail telecommunications services, a public utility district is encouraged to examine and report to its governing body the following about the area to be served by the public utility district:

(a) An assessment of the current availability of broadband infrastructure and its adequacy to provide high-speed internet access and other advanced telecommunications services to end users;

(b) The location of where retail telecommunications services will be provided;

(c) Evidence relating to the unserved or underserved nature of the community in which retail telecommunications services will be provided;

(d) Expected costs of providing retail telecommunications services to customers to be served by the public utility district; and

(e) Evidence that proposed telecommunications infrastructure will be capable of scaling to greater download and upload speeds to meet state broadband goals under RCW 43.330.536.

(2) For purposes of this section, "unserved" means a census block in which no provider has the capacity to deliver internet access service at speeds of a minimum of twenty-five megabits download and three megabits upload."

On page 10, at the beginning of line 8, strike all material through "RCW 43.330.536" on line 23 and insert "(1) Before providing retail telecommunications services, a port district is encouraged to examine and report to its governing body the following about the area to be served by the port district:

(a) An assessment of the current availability of broadband infrastructure and its adequacy to provide high-speed internet access and other advanced telecommunications services to end users;

(b) The location of where retail telecommunications services will be provided;

(c) Evidence relating to the unserved or underserved nature of the community in which retail telecommunications services will be provided;

(d) Expected costs of providing retail telecommunications services to customers to be served by the port district; and

(e) Evidence that proposed telecommunications infrastructure will be capable of scaling to greater download and upload speeds to meet state broadband goals under RCW 43.330.536.

(2) For purposes of this section, "unserved" means a census block in which no provider has the capacity to deliver internet access service at speeds of a minimum of twenty-five megabits download and three megabits upload."

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