This bill was held over in committee for more work this year. Text as of March, 2005 is below.
HB 653-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED
2005 SESSION
05-0714
06/10
HOUSE BILL 653-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to bonds for construction, development, improvement, and acquisition of broadband facilities.
SPONSORS: Rep. Maxfield, Merr 6; Rep. Osborne, Merr 12; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
ANALYSIS
This bill grants municipalities the ability to issue bonds for the development of broadband services.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0714
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to bonds for construction, development, improvement, and acquisition of broadband facilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Broadband Infrastructure Bonds. Amend RSA 33 by inserting after section 3-f the following new section:
33:3-g Broadband Infrastructure Bonds Authorized.
I. In this section:
(a) “Broadband” means the transmission, between or among points specified by the user, of information of the user’s choosing, with or without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received, at rates of transmission as defined by the Federal Communications Commission as “Broadband”.
(b) “Broadband carrier” means any provider of broadband services, except that such term shall not include aggregators of broadband services, as defined in section 226 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act.
(c) “Broadband infrastructure” means any and all equipment and facilities, including any and all changes and modifications and expansions to existing facilities as well as the customer premises equipment, used to provide broadband, and includes any and all software integral to or related to the operations, support, facilitation, or interconnection of such equipment, including upgrades, and includes any and all installation, operations and support, maintenance and other functions as may be required to support the delivery of broadband.