Amendment ID: S2806-38

Amendment 38

Massachusetts Broadband Institute Spending Focus

Mr. Mark moves that the proposed new text be amended in section 6B of Chapter 40J of the General Laws by striking subsection g and inserting in place thereof the following:-“; (g) The board shall annually adopt an operating plan governing disbursements from the fund and, to the extent the plan provides for disbursement of appropriations or other moneys authorized by the general court, the plan shall be subject to the approval of the secretary of economic development and the secretary of administration and finance. The operating plan shall focus on deployment of service to cover 100 percent of unserved communities, improving service to underserved communities, expanding public wifi options, and all non-administrative expenses shall be dedicated to these service guidelines.  The board shall file the plan, and any amendments thereto, with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate who shall forward the same to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on telecommunications, utilities and energy and the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies.”