Directs the public service commission to formulate a process, rules and regulations for the regulation of the charges and fees of internet and cable providers.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2154
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to directing the
public service commission to formulate a process, rules and regu-
lations for the regulation of the charges and fees of internet and
cable providers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 11, 12 and 13 of section 215 of the public
2 service law are renumbered subdivisions 12, 13 and 14 and a new subdivi-
3 sion 11 is added to read as follows:
4 11. To the extent permitted by, and not contrary to applicable federal
5 law and rules and regulations, formulate a process, rules and regu-
6 lations for the regulation of the charges and fees of internet and cable
7 providers, including television rates and other services that the inter-
8 net and cable providers deliver, including requests for increases and
9 changes in the amount of fees and charges;
10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
11 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
12 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
13 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
14 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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