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Chairman to refile broadband bill that shifts compliance to Office of Broadband; committee defers
Summary
Chairman Desitel said he will file a substitute to House Bill 305 to make the Office of Broadband the compliance arm for broadband grant programs rather than the Public Service Commission; members raised staffing and duplication concerns and the committee voluntarily deferred the bill.
Chairman Desitel told the House Commerce Committee he will file a substitute for House Bill 305, a proposal to regulate certain broadband services, that would shift compliance oversight from the Public Service Commission to the Office of Broadband and give the office rulemaking authority to enforce grant commitments.
Ms. Vyegras read the bill summary: the bill concerns "the regulation of certain broadband services ... to provide for oversight from the public service commission, to provide for rule making authority, and to…
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