A07119 Summary:
BILL NO | A07119A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S05126-A |
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SPONSOR | Meeks |
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COSPNSR | Bronson, Wallace, Clark, Smullen, Ardila, Bichotte Hermelyn, Weprin, Davila |
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Amd 119-a, Pub Serv L | |
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Relates to attachments to utility poles for broadband service; provides that for a broadband internet provider that does not provide regulated telephone service, a pole owner shall not require such broadband internet provider to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a condition to making attachments to utility poles solely owned or jointly-owned by the pole owner. |
A07119 Actions:
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05/11/2023 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/01/2023 | print number 7119a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
A07119 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7119--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS, BRONSON, WALLACE, CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to attachments to utility poles for broadband service The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 119-a of the public service law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-a. With respect to a broadband internet provider that does not 4 provide regulated telephone service, a pole owner shall not require such 5 broadband internet provider to obtain a certificate of public conven- 6 ience and necessity under section ninety-nine of this chapter as a 7 condition to making attachments to utility poles solely owned or jointly 8 owned by the pole owner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this 9 subdivision shall be construed to confer upon a broadband internet 10 provider that does not provide regulated telephone service any authori- 11 zation to occupy or use any state or local public right-of-way. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09744-03-3