HB 18-1373

House Bill 18-1373 allows private companies to use Colorado's state telecommunications network through partnerships with the government. The bill moves responsibility for managing this network from the Department of Public Safety to a new telecommunications coordination office within the state government. Additionally, it sets rules for how money generated from these partnerships is split: 75% goes to improving the state’s communication systems and 25% supports technology grants for public schools. Since the bill has been signed, its provisions are now law in Colorado.

Official Summary

Capital Development Committee. The bill authorizes private entities to use the state telecommunications network through public-private partnerships considered, evaluated, and accepted by the chief information officer and relocates laws related to the state telecommunications network from the department of public safety's statutes to the statutes regarding telecommunications coordination within state government. The bill also specifies that any lease revenues from public-private partnerships must be credited 75% to the public safety communications trust fund for improvements to the state telecommunications network and 25% to the public school capital construction assistance fund for technology grants.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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