Relates to requiring internet service providers to charge a residential rate to emergency service organizations; creates a new article for the regulation of internet service providers.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2088--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 19, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. JORDAN, AKSHAR, BOYLE, OBERACKER, THOMAS -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Internet and Technology -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
internet service providers to charge a residential rate to certain
emergency service organizations
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 article
2 40 to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 40
4 INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
5 Section 900. Definitions.
6 901. Rates for emergency service organizations.
7 § 900. Definitions. For the purpose of this article: 1. "Internet
8 service provider" means any person, business or organization qualified
9 to do business in this state that provides individuals, corporations, or
10 other entities with the ability to connect to the internet through
11 equipment that is located in this state.
12 2. "Emergency service organization" means any voluntary fire or ambu-
13 lance company.
14 § 901. Rates for emergency service organizations. No internet service
15 provider shall charge any emergency service organization an amount which
16 is more than the rate charged to residential customers of such internet
17 service provider. When such internet service provider charges different
18 rates for business customers and residential customers, emergency
19 service organizations shall be charged the residential rate. Notwith-
20 standing the charging of a residential rate, service provided to emer-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01402-03-1
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1 gency service organizations shall be provided at the level of service
2 provided by such internet service provider to business customers.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
4 have become a law.