Section 8D.14. Iowa communications network fund.

  1.  There is created in the office of the treasurer of state a fund to be known as the Iowa communications network fund under the control of the Iowa telecommunications and technology commission. There shall be deposited into the Iowa communications network fund proceeds from bonds issued for purposes of projects authorized pursuant to section 8D.13, funds received from leases pursuant to section 8D.11, and other moneys by law credited to or designated by a person for deposit into the fund. Amounts deposited into the fund are appropriated to and for the use of the commission. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest earned on amounts deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys deposited into and appropriated from the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.

  2.  The commission shall be required to repay one million dollars of start-up funding from the Iowa communications network fund to the general fund of the state. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the commission shall repay two hundred fifty thousand dollars of start-up funding at the end of that fiscal year, and for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the commission shall repay two hundred fifty thousand dollars of start-up funding at the end of that fiscal year. The remaining five hundred thousand dollars shall be repaid in a reasonable period of time thereafter as provided in this subsection. The commission shall conduct a review of the operation of the fund and the extent to which a continued need for funding for cash flow support exists, and shall provide a report summarizing the results of the review to the general assembly by January 1, 2010. The report shall also include a plan regarding repayment of the remaining five hundred thousand dollars in start-up funding in a manner which will not adversely affect network operations, and any other recommendations relating to the fund and the operation of the network deemed appropriate by the commission.

89 Acts, ch 319, §34

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91 Acts, ch 264, §610

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94 Acts, ch 1184, §21, 29

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2006 Acts, ch 1126, §4