Richardson, Quart, Fall, Otis, De La Rosa, Cruz, Galef, Ashby, Reyes, Barron
MLTSPNSR
Amd §5, Pub Serv L
Relates to commercial mobile radio and cellular telephone service providers; permits the commission of public service to designate any commercial mobile radio or cellular telephone service provider as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing lifeline service.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7811--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 23, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, RICHARDSON, QUART, FALL, OTIS,
DE LA ROSA, CRUZ, GALEF, ASHBY, REYES -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- reported and
referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee
on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to commercial mobile
radio and cellular telephone service providers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 5 of the public service law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
3 c. Notwithstanding paragraph a of this subdivision, the commission may
4 designate any commercial mobile radio or cellular telephone service
5 providers as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of
6 providing lifeline service, in addition to any commercial mobile radio
7 or cellular telephone service providers designated as such pursuant to
8 47 U.S.C. § 214(e) and 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), without requiring any such
9 provider to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity
10 pursuant to section ninety-nine of this chapter. The commissioner is
11 authorized to promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to imple-
12 ment the provisions of this paragraph.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11763-02-9
