STATE OF NEW YORK
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2037--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT directing the department of public service to study the feasibil-
ity of a municipal broadband program within the state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The department of public service shall, in consultation
2 with the urban development corporation and any other relevant state
3 entity, undertake a study and evaluation of the feasibility of a munici-
4 pal broadband program within the state. Such study and evaluation shall
5 include, but not be limited to: the estimated costs of a municipal
6 broadband program, the current state and federal resources available to
7 municipalities to undertake such a program, and the relevant expertise
8 necessary for a municipality to administer such a program.
9 § 2. The department of public service shall evaluate such data with
10 the assistance of experts in:
11 a. internet speeds;
12 b. telecommunications; and
13 c. broadband infrastructure.
14 § 3. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
15 department of public service shall submit to the governor, the temporary
16 president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly a report on the
17 feasibility of a municipal broadband program within the state. Such
18 report shall also be posted on the department of public service's
19 website.
20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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