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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
HB16-1184

High Cost Support Mechanism Fund Transfers To Broadband Fund

Type Bill
Session 2016 Regular Session
Subjects
Telecommunications & Information Technology

Concerning the administration of money that is required under existing law to be transferred from the high cost support mechanism to the broadband fund.

Bill Summary:

The public utilities commission provides financial assistance to telecommunications companies that provide basic telephone service or broadband service in areas that lack effective competition by assessing a surcharge on all telecommunications companies in the state and allocating those contributions to the high cost support mechanism (HCSM). A portion of the HCSM is transferred to the broadband fund, which fund is administered by the broadband deployment board (board). The board awards grants for projects aimed at deploying broadband service in unserved areas of the state. From 2016 to 2023, the HCSM surcharge is statutorily reduced by a percentage of the amount of contributions that were allocated to the broadband fund in the previous year.

The act requires that HCSM funds allocated to the broadband fund be transferred between July 1 and August 31 of each year and that HCSM money in the broadband fund be continuously appropriated. The act becomes effective on January 1, 2017.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Prime Sponsors

Senator Bob Rankin

Representative

Bob Rankin

Senator Kevin Grantham

Senator

Kevin Grantham

Committees

House

Appropriations

Senate

Appropriations

Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
04/12/2016 Signed Act PDF
04/04/2016 Final Act PDF
03/24/2016 Rerevised PDF
03/22/2016 Revised PDF
03/08/2016 Reengrossed PDF
03/07/2016 Engrossed PDF
02/03/2016 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
03/18/2016 PA1 PDF
Date Version Documents
09/09/2016 FN2 PDF
03/02/2016 FN1 PDF
Date Version Documents
03/18/2016 SA2 PDF
03/04/2016 SA1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.001. The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
This is a conceptual amendment to strike safety clause and replace with petition clause. The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
This is a conceptual amendment to add effective date of Jan. 1, 2017. The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer House Bill 16-1184, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and add to the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 6-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer House Bill 16-1184 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
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Committee Report:  PDF
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
03/28/2016 Senate Amendments REPASS
58
AYE
7
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
03/28/2016 Senate Amendments CONCUR
61
AYE
4
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
03/08/2016 Third Reading BILL
59
AYE
6
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
03/24/2016 Third Reading BILL
35
AYE
0
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Location Action
04/12/2016 Governor Governor Signed
04/05/2016 Governor Sent to the Governor
04/04/2016 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/04/2016 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
03/28/2016 Senate House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
03/24/2016 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/22/2016 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
03/18/2016 Senate Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/11/2016 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
03/08/2016 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/07/2016 House House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/04/2016 House House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
02/03/2016 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
01/01/2017 77 HCSM Fund Transfers To Broadband Fund PDF

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