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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to telecommunications; providing for a broadband mapping project; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>appropriating money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>BROADBAND MAPPING PROJECT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Project.</b> The commissioner of commerce shall contract with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>nonprofit organization that has significant experience working with broadband providers <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>to develop Geographical Information System maps displaying levels of broadband <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>service by connection speed and type of technology used and integrating the maps with <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>demographic information to produce a comprehensive statewide inventory and mapping <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>of existing broadband service and capability.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Mapping.</b> Data must be collected from broadband providers and entered <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>into a geographic information system to produce maps that, for the state of Minnesota and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>any defined geographical entity within it, clearly convey the following information:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) areas unserved by any broadband provider;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) areas served by a single broadband provider;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the location of towers used to transmit and receive broadband signals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) actual upstream and downstream transmission speeds at the county level of detail;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) areas served by multiple broadband providers; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the types of technology used to provide broadband service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>The data used to produce the maps must be capable of being integrated with demographic <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>data from other sources including, but not limited to, population density and household <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>income to allow for the production of maps that measure, down to the census block <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>level of detail, various characteristics of residents in areas receiving different levels of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>broadband services and utilizing different technologies. Data provided by a broadband <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>provider to the contractor under this subdivision is nonpublic data under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>Statutes, section 13.02, subdivision 9. Maps produced under this subdivision are public <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>data under Minnesota Statutes, section 13.03.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For the purposes of this section, "technology" or "technologies" means different <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>methods of connecting to the Internet including, but not limited to, cable modem, DSL, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>ADSL, VDSL, and fiber optics.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 237.52, subdivision 5, $175,000 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>appropriated from the telecommunications access Minnesota fund to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>commerce for the purposes of section 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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