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2008 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

Chief Patron: Hamilton
Broadband

Item C-8.10 #1h

Item C-8.10 #1h

First Year - FY2009 Second Year - FY2010
Commerce And Trade
Housing and Community Development, Department of FY2009 $60,000,000 FY2010 $0 NGF

Language
Page 451, after line 5, insert:
"§ 2-3.10. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (165)".
"A. This appropriation of $60,000,000 shall be distributed over five years to plan, develop, and implement a Regional High Speed Broadband Network for the Hampton Roads (Planning District II) region. The RFP for this broadband infrastructure should include, but not be limited to, services such as a load-balanced 20-gigabit capacity to all site locations; fully redundant, fault-tolerant data networking; unlimited bandwidth without monthly recurring charges; disaster recovery planning and services; internet streaming video services; network-based telephone services; electronic software distribution, inventory and maintenance systems; network security and intrusion prevention systems; video teleconferencing; community wireless “hot spots”; system co-location and maintenance; and electronic, network-based, building security systems made available to all federal, state, and local government agencies, medical facilities, and other commercial and private entities.
"

                             
"C-8.10 Regional High Speed Broadband Network for the Hampton Roads (Planning District II) region
$60,000,000
 
 
Fund Sources: Bond Proceeds
$60,000,000"
 
 



Explanation
(This amendment is self-explanatory.)