First Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. R15-0928.01 Vanessa Cleaver x4636        SJR15-018
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Scott,  Baumgardner, Cooke, Donovan, Grantham, Sonnenberg
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Business, Labor, & Technology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 15-018 
       Concerning the encouragement of state and local
            governments to enact policies that promote private
            investment in broadband allowing for increased higher
            speeds and competition in the network video service
            provider market.
       
       
            WHEREAS, Delays in public decision-making regarding
       broadband policies jeopardize private investment in broadband, causing
       uncertainty in providing competitive broadband alternatives to
       Coloradans; and
       
            WHEREAS, It is in the public interest for state and local
       governments to move quickly and judiciously in promoting more
       competition and encouraging private investment in broadband; and
       
            WHEREAS, A robust broadband network will provide consumers
       with a greater selection of network video service providers, resulting in
       competitive choices and prices in broadband service providers; and
       
            WHEREAS, Consumers will benefit from state and local
       governments engaging with private industry to encourage private
       investment by removing financial and statutory obstacles, allowing new
       entrants into the market to compete with incumbent providers; now,
       therefore,
       
            Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventieth General Assembly
       of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
            (1)  That we, the members of the Colorado General Assembly,
       urge state and local governments to enact appropriate policies to remove
       barriers to broadband and video competition, allowing for more private
       investment in broadband networks to flow into the state; and
       
            (2)  That further legislation to remove outdated regulations may be
       needed in order to accomplish this goal.
       
            Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent
       to the commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission and
       the boards of county commissioners and city council members from each
       county and city in the state.