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S. 1853 (110th)

Community Broadband Act of 2007

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Introduced

23 July 2007

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Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 707.

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Summary

Community Broadband Act of 2007 - Prohibits any state or local government statute, regulation, or other legal requirement from having the effect of prohibiting any public provider from providing advanced telecommunications capability, or related services, to any person or any public or private entity. Defines "public provider" as a state or a political subdivision or instrumentality thereof, an Indian tribe, or any entity owned, controlled, or otherwise affiliated with a state, subdivision, instrumentality, or tribe. Requires, subject to exception, any public provider that regulates competing providers of advanced telecommunications capability or services to apply its ordinances, rules, and policies without discrimination in favor of itself or any other provider it owns or is affiliated with. Requires, subject to exception, a public provider, before it provides advanced telecommunications capability or services, to publish notice and provide local citizens and private-sector entities with an opportunity to be heard.

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