S00665 Summary:

BILL NOS00665
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORAVELLA
 
COSPNSRADDABBO, SQUADRON
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S215, Pub Serv L
 
Requires negotiation of fair terms between cable television franchisees and competing independent cable channels; requires the public service commission to conduct arbitration if such terms and conditions can not be reached; applies to all such agreements entered on or after January 1, 2013.
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S00665 Actions:

BILL NOS00665
 
01/09/2013REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
01/08/2014REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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S00665 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S00665 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           665
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  AVELLA, ADDABBO, GRISANTI, SQUADRON -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Energy and Telecommunications
 
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring negoti-

          ation of fair terms between cable television franchisees and competing
          independent cable channels
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 215 of the public
     2  service  law,  as added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (b) prescribe minimum standards for inclusion in franchises, including
     5  maximum initial and renewal terms; minimum channel capacity;  provisions
     6  regarding  access to, and facilities to make use of, channels for educa-
     7  tion and public service programs; a requirement that no  such  franchise
     8  may  be  exclusive;  standards  necessary  or appropriate to protect the
     9  interests of viewers of free broadcast television and the public  gener-

    10  ally,  which prohibit or limit cable television companies from prohibit-
    11  ing or entering into agreements prohibiting the sale or  other  transfer
    12  of  rights  for  the  simultaneous  or subsequent transmission over free
    13  broadcast television of any program originated or transmitted over cable
    14  television; provisions requiring  franchisees  to  negotiate  fairly  to
    15  determine  the  terms  and  conditions under which competing independent
    16  cable channels will be carried by the franchisee and, in the event  such
    17  agreement  as  to  terms  and  conditions  cannot be reached, provisions
    18  requiring the commission to conduct an arbitration of  the  matter;  and
    19  such other standards for inclusion in franchises as the commission shall
    20  deem necessary or appropriate to protect the public interest;

    21    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
    22  agreement between cable television franchisees and competing independent
    23  cable channels entered into on or after January 1, 2013.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03391-01-3
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