STATE OF NEW YORK
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10988
IN ASSEMBLY
September 9, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring cell
towers to be equipped with a back-up power source in case of a power
outage
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
2 399-yyyy to read as follows:
3 § 399-yyyy. Cellular network infrastructure; backup power. 1. Every
4 owner or operator of cellular network infrastructure located in this
5 state shall equip all such cellular network infrastructure with an emer-
6 gency back-up power source capable of providing adequate power to main-
7 tain the operation of such cellular network infrastructure in the case
8 of a loss of power.
9 2. For the purposes of this section, "cellular network infrastructure"
10 shall mean any part of a radio telecommunications network that provides
11 wireless communications infrastructure to support cellular phones,
12 located throughout a geographical coverage area, including, but not
13 limited to, cell towers.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
15 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17098-02-0
