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House backs measure to formalize telecom task force and expand rural services
Summary
The House approved a substitute for House Bill 65 to convert an informal telecommunications working group into an official task force to coordinate public, private and regulatory stakeholders for expanding EVNET services into rural Utah; sponsor said membership was reduced and governor's staff appointees were included.
Lawmakers on Feb. 24 approved a substitute version of House Bill 65 to formalize a telecommunications task force aimed at improving rural access to telecommunications services, including the EVNET program.
Representative Fox, who described recent work by an information/telecommunications task force, said the…
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