Amendment ID: S2423-203

Amendment 203

Broadband Access

Ms. Gobi moves to amend the amendment by inserting after section 36 the following section:-

SECTION 37. Section 6B of said chapter 40J, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting, in line 73, after the word "interest" the following words:-

; provided that a public entity or public entities may, by a unanimous vote of the broadband committee or committees, vote not to accept the vendor recommendation of the institute and shall receive grant funding to be dispersed by the public entity or public entities for the purposes outlined in this section, provided that in the event of such unanimous vote not to accept the vendor recommendation of the institute, such public entity or public entities shall assume all responsibility for the deployment of broadband technology in said entities.