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2020 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 77
BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHEXNAYDER, GAROFALO, ADAMS, AMEDEE,
BACALA, BAGLEY, BEAULLIEU, BOURRIAQUE, BROWN, BRYANT,
BUTLER, CARPENTER, CARRIER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER,
CORMIER, COX, DAVIS, DESHOTEL, DUPLESSIS, ECHOLS, EDMONDS,
FIRMENT, FONTENOT, FREEMAN, FREIBERG, FRIEMAN, GADBERRY,
GOUDEAU, GREEN, HARRIS, HODGES, HORTON, HUGHES, ILLG,
JEFFERSON, JENKINS, TRAVIS JOHNSON, KERNER, LACOMBE, LANDRY,
LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MARINO, MCCORMICK, MCFARLAND,
MCKNIGHT, MCMAHEN, MIGUEZ, DUSTIN MILLER, GREGORY MILLER,
MINCEY, MOORE, NEWELL, CHARLES OWEN, PIERRE, PRESSLY, RISER,
ROMERO, SCHAMERHORN, SELDERS, ST. BLANC, STAGNI, THOMAS,
THOMPSON, WHEAT, WHITE, WILLARD, WRIGHT, AND ZERINGUE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Broadband for Everyone in Louisiana Commission to identify
public and private sector barriers to effective broadband and wireless
telecommunication service expansion in the state and provide recommendations to
the legislative committees on commerce on how to remove those barriers.
WHEREAS, access to high-speed broadband and wireless telecommunication service
are a necessity for families, businesses, and consumers; a key competitive factor for
economic development, education, and quality of life; and vital to full participation in
economic, educational, political, and social life; and
WHEREAS, many areas of this state do not have access to high-speed broadband and
wireless telecommunication service; and
WHEREAS, citizens and businesses without access to high-speed broadband and
wireless telecommunication service suffer the practical and economic consequences of this
lack of access; and
WHEREAS, a lack of high-speed broadband and wireless telecommunication service
in the state impedes intrastate transactions and communications and interstate commerce;
and
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WHEREAS, expeditious expansion of high-speed broadband and wireless
telecommunication service in the state is necessary in order to overcome the practical and
economic consequences of the current lack of access; and
WHEREAS, various barriers are created by the public and private sectors, which stall
the expeditious expansion that the state's citizens and economy need; and
WHEREAS, the removal of those barriers would benefit Louisiana families,
businesses, consumers, educational institutions, and students and allow for a more robust and
better connected economy.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Broadband for Everyone in Louisiana Commission to identify public
and private sector barriers which impede the expeditious expansion of high-speed broadband
and wireless telecommunication service in the state and make recommendations on how to
remove these barriers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Broadband for Everyone in Louisiana
Commission submit a report of its findings to the House Committee on Commerce and the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs on or
before January 1, 2021.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
Broadband for Everyone in Louisiana Commission within the office of the governor.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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