December 2016
Tab 1 - Minutes of August 2016 Meeting
Tab 2 - Staff Update
Tab 3 - Broadband Internet Deployment, Availability, and Adoption in Tennessee
- Memo to Commission
- Draft Report for Commission Review and Comment
- Appendix A - Broadband Research Questions Posed by Chairman Norris
- Appendix B - Broadband Research Answers to Questions Posed by Chairman Norris
- Appendix C - Broadband Considerations for Tennessee
- Appendix D - The Impact of Broadband Speed and Price on Small Business
- Appendix E - The State of the Art and Evolution of Cable Television and Broadband Technology
- Appendix F - Maximum Advertised Download Capacities for Wired and Terrestrial Fixed Wireless Service as of December 2015
- Appendix G - Tennessee Standards for Non-Metropolitan Public Libraries
- Appendix H - Tennessee Census Blocks Eligible for CAF II Grants
- Appendix I - A Guide to Broadband Funding Opportunities
- Appendix J - TVA Determination on Regulation of Pole Attachments
- Appendix K -Pole Attachment Fee Formulas Adopted by TVA and the FCC
- Appendix L - Calculation of Fees Charged under TVA Pole Attachment Fee Formula and FCC Formulas
- Appendix M - Attorney General Opinion on State Regulation of Pole Attachment Rates of TVA-Supplied Electric Cooperatives
- Appendix N - Number of Providers Reporting Download Capacities of At Least 10 Megabits per Second for Wireline and Fixed Wireless Service as of December 2015
- Appendix O - Number of Providers Reporting Download Capacities of At Least 25 Megabits per Second for Wireline and Fixed Wireless Service as of December 2015
Tab 4 - Court Fees and Taxes in Tennessee: Uses, Collections, and Legislation
- Memo to Commission
- Draft Report for Commission Review and Comment
- Appendix A - Commission Survey Forms
- Appendix B - Tennessee Court Clerk Commissions
- Appendix C - Knox County Civil Circuit, Civil General Sessions, and Chancery Court Fees
- Appendix D - Tennessee Court Fees
- Appendix E - Tennessee Litigation Taxes
- Appendix F - Private Acts Authorizing Tennessee Counties to Levy Litigation Taxes or Changing Tax Amounts or Earmarks
- Appendix G - Public Acts Affecting Tennessee Court Fees, Taxes, and Commissions since 2004
- Appendix H - Chairman Jon Lundberg's Letter
- Appendix I - Illinois Statutory Task Force Checklist
- Appendix J - Collection Rates Reported by the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts in 2012
Tab 5 - Legislative Compensation: Comparing Tennessee to Contiguous and peer States
- Memo to Commission
- Final Report for Commission Approval
- Appendix A - Senate Joint Resolution 463
- Appendix B - Number of Cities and Counties per Tennessee Senator, 2016
- Appendix C - Number of Cities and Counties per Tennessee Representative, 2016
- Appendix D - Previous Legislation, 1995-2016
- Appendix E - National Conference of State Legislatures 50 State Survey: Questions, 2016
- Appendix F - 2016 National Conference of State Legislatures Survey Results
- Appendix G - Distance Tennessee General Assembly Members Report Living from the Capitol
Tab 6 - The Privilege Tax in Tennessee: Taxing Professionals Fairly
- Memo to Commission
- Final Report for Commission Approval
- Appendix A - Professions Taxed by States with Amount of Tax
- Appendix B - Original Language of Public Chapter 1024 (Senate Bill 556 by Bowling, House Bill 678 by Van Huss)
- Appendix C - Public Chapter 1024, Acts of 2016
- Appendix D - Senate Bill 167 by Bowling, House Bill 601 by Durham
- Appendix E - Senate Bill 1919 by Bowling, House Bill 1951 by Hazlewood
Tab 7 - Emergency Communications Services Funding (Public Chapter 795, Acts of 2014)—Update and Panel Discussion
- Memo to Commission
- Presentation - Chuck Haston, Director, Warren County Emergency Communications District
- Presentation - Jamison Peevyhouse, Director, Weakley County 911 Communications Center, 2nd Vice President, NENA, and Committee Member, TENA
- Presentation - John Steuermer, Executive Director, Hamilton County 911 Emergency Communications District, Vice Chairman, Tennessee 911 Association
- Tennessee Emergency Number Association (TENA) Survey
Tab 8 - State Prisoners in County Jails—Update and Panel Discussion
- Memo to Commission
- Research Plan
- Presentation - Wes Landers, Chief Financial Officer, Tennessee Department of Correction
- Presentation - Jeff Box, Dyer County Sheriff