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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Office of Broadband Development Z245
 
Initiative: Appropriates funds to the ConnectME Authority for the provision of broadband Internet infrastructure in unserved and underserved areas.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$0	$15,000,000	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$15,000,000	
 
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Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. The amendment changes the program under the ConnectME Authority that receives the General Fund appropriation in the bill from the Municipal Gigabit Broadband Network Access Fund program to the Office of Broadband Development program.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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