Amendment ID: S2790-94-R1

Redraft Amendment 94

Rural cell service improvements

Mr. Hinds, Ms. Comerford, Messrs. Lesser, O'Connor and Welch move that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 1790-3007, by adding the following words:- "; provided further, that the executive office of technology services and security, in consultation with the department of telecommunications and cable and the rural policy advisory commission, shall conduct a study of the current state of cell phone service coverage in counties in which the majority of municipalities have a population density of less than 500 persons per square mile; and provided further, that not less than $10,000,000 shall be expended to improve coverage in these counties".