HF 3931 - Appropriates Funds for Fiscal Year 2017 - Minnesota Key Vote

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Title: Appropriates Funds for Fiscal Year 2017

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funds for fiscal year 2017, including funds to expand broadband services.

Highlights:

  • Appropriates $15 million to the Border-To-Border Broadband Fund, including $500,000 for broadband projects that expand services to areas that contain significant proportions of low-income households (Art. 4, Sec. 2).
  • Establishes a state goal that all households have access to at least 1 broadband service provider offering broadband service at minimum speeds of 100 megabits per second (mbps) download and 20 mbps upload by 2026 (Art. 15, Sec. 9).
  • Establishes the Task Force on Deployment of Small Wireless Telecommunication Facilities to promote statewide access to wireless telecommunications (Art. 14, Sec. 5).

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