HB0303 - Telecommunications policy.

 

2001

State of Wyoming

01LSO-0646

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL NO.  HB0303

 

 

Telecommunications policy.

 

Sponsored by:  Representative(s) Boswell and Illoway and
Senator(s) Boggs and Case

 

 

A BILL

 

for

 

 1  AN ACT relating to the state telecommunications council;
 2  changing the composition of the council; modifying the
 3  duties of the council; and providing for an effective date.

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 5  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

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 7         Section 1.  W.S. 9-2-1026.2(f) and (m)(intro) and by
 8  creating new paragraphs (iii) through (ix) is amended to
 9  read:

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11         9-2-1026.2.  State telecommunications council;
12  membership; vacancies; chairman; expenses; duties;
13  information technology division to assist; cooperation with
14  other entities; annual report.

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 1         (f)  The state telecommunications council is
 2  established and shall be comprised of nine (9) eight (8)
 3  members appointed by the governor from the public at-large
 4  and approved by the senate and one (1) member who is a
 5  legislator and appointed by the governor. Members approved
 6  under this subsection shall have demonstrated an interest
 7  and involvement with telecommunications issues through
 8  participation in business, public and postsecondary
 9  education, government, libraries or other entities involved
10  in the dissemination or receipt of information and shall
11  reflect the diverse needs of telecommunications in Wyoming.

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13         (m)  The council shall: develop goals and plans, both
14  long range and short range, to meet the telecommunication
15  needs of the state and its citizens, in consultation with:

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17              (iii)  Establish and coordinate statewide
18  telecommunications policy including telemedicine and
19  wireless services and systems;

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21              (iv)  Bring together state, local, business,
22  industry, education and health care agencies to address
23  shared telecommunications interests;

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 1              (v)  Assist in the development of plans for
 2  public and private telecommunications systems including
 3  telemedicine and wireless services and systems;

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 5              (vi)  Study, evaluate and advise the governor,
 6  the legislature, state agencies, institutions of higher
 7  education and local governments on matters of
 8  telecommunications policy including telemedicine, wireless
 9  services and systems including telecommunications
10  procurement practices;

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12              (vii)  Assist in the development of proposed
13  legislation relating to telecommunications including
14  telemedicine and wireless services and systems;

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16              (viii)  Coordinate telecommunications grant
17  requests to the federal government, support national
18  information infrastructure telecommunications proposals and
19  serve as an information clearinghouse for the public and
20  private sectors about innovative telecommunications and
21  telemedicine projects, programs and demonstrations;

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23              (ix)  Advocate economic development, state agency
24  and higher education concerns in proceedings of the

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 1  corporation commission and coordinate regional and North
 2  American free trade and economic development issues
 3  relating to telecommunications.

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 5         Section 2.  W.S. 9-2-1026.2(m)(i) and (ii) is
 6  repealed.

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 8         Section 3.  This act is effective July 1, 2001.

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10                         (END)

 

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