Date: 03/11/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB09-162

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to refer Senate Bill 09-162 to the CommitteePASS


10:37 AM -- Senate Bill 09-162

Representative Liston, prime sponsor, presented Senate Bill 09-162 concerning the operation of the project by the state's Chief Information Officer to create an inventory of broadband service areas. He distributed an information sheet on the bill (Attachment B).

09HouseHHS0311AttachB.pdf

Under current law, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) is required to create an inventory of broadband service areas within Colorado. This bill, recommended by the Joint Select Committee on Job Creation and Economic Growth, expands the funding sources to pay for the project and extends the project's deadline. Specifically, the bill allows the OIT to accept grants from public entities, where current law limits acceptance to grants from private entities. The deadline for completing the inventory is extended from April 1, 2009, to November 1, 2009. The bill includes an appropriation of $351,537 cash funds from the Broadband Inventory Fund to the OIT for FY 2008-09.

Senate Bill 08-215 required the OIT to create an inventory of broadband service areas within Colorado and appropriated $21,000 in FY 2008-09 to cover OIT administrative costs related to that purpose. Since then, the OIT has incurred about $1,000 in costs to solicit and receive proposals from private vendors, seek funding from a variety of sources, and hold public meetings as required by SB 08-215.


10:41 AM

Representative Liston responded to questions.

10:43 AM -- John Conley, Deputy Director of the Governor's Office of Information Technology, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Conley responded to Representative Gagliardi's question regarding what happens to the money in the fund once the project is completed.
BILL:SB09-162
TIME: 10:46:31 AM
MOVED:Liston
MOTION:Moved to refer Senate Bill 09-162 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed 9-0.
SECONDED:Balmer
VOTE
Balmer
Yes
Bradford
Yes
Gagliardi
Yes
Liston
Yes
Priola
Excused
Ryden
Yes
Scanlan
Excused
Soper
Yes
Stephens
Yes
Casso
Yes
Rice
Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS