Authorizes municipalities to construct and maintain broadband and related telecommunications infrastructure, or to contract with a corporation or nonprofit organization for such services; authorizes municipalities to issue and sell bonds or other municipal obligations to provide funds for such services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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594--C
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit-
tee and committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to Internet
access and communications for municipalities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new
2 section 99-y to read as follows:
3 § 99-y. Internet access and communications. 1. The governing body of
4 any municipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to estab-
5 lish, construct, and maintain broadband and related telecommunications
6 infrastructure, or to contract for the construction and maintenance of
7 such services with a corporation or nonprofit organization, and for the
8 maintenance, care, and replacement of infrastructure in connection ther-
9 ewith, if such governing body finds that such facilities are necessary.
10 Such municipal corporation shall be authorized to operate directly, or
11 contract for the provision of, such broadband services within such
12 municipal corporation. For the purposes of this section, "nonprofit
13 organization" shall mean a corporation having tax exempt status under
14 section 501 (c) (3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or any
15 organization incorporated under the not-for-profit corporation law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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S. 594--C 2
1 2. Any municipal corporation that has established, constructed and
2 maintained broadband and related telecommunications infrastructure, or
3 contracted for such services pursuant to subdivision one of this section
4 may, for the purpose of providing funds for such services, issue and
5 sell bonds or other municipal obligations as provided in the local
6 finance law and other applicable law and statutes. Principal and inter-
7 est payments on such bonds or other municipal obligations may be made in
8 whole or in part from any proceeds from such broadband services.
9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
