Private Entities Use State Telecommunications Network

Capital Development Committee. The bill authorizes private entities to use the state telecommunications network through public-private partnerships considered, evaluated, and accepted by the chief information officer and relocates laws related to the state telecommunications network from the department of public safety's statutes to the statutes regarding telecommunications coordination within state government. The bill also specifies that any lease revenues from public-private partnerships must be credited 75% to the public safety communications trust fund for improvements to the state telecommunications network and 25% to the public school capital construction assistance fund for technology grants.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More