December 2016

Public Notice

Agenda

Tab 1 -  Minutes of August 2016 Meeting

Tab 2 -  Staff Update

• Memo to Commission

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