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Assembly Bill A2990

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides free, public Wi-Fi access in the Court of Appeals building and appellate division court houses

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2009-A2990 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยงยง60-a & 73, Judy L

2009-A2990 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides free, public Wi-Fi access in the Court of Appeals building and appellate division court houses; directs the office for technology to provide any technical advice and assistance required.

2009-A2990 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2990

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. McENENY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing free, public
  Wi-Fi access in the Court of Appeals building and  appellate  division
  court houses

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new  section  60-a
to read as follows:
  S  60-A.  ACCESS  TO  WI-FI  WIRELESS STANDARD FOR HIGH-SPEED WIRELESS
LOCAL AREA NETWORKING. THE COURT OF APPEALS BUILDING SHALL  BE  EQUIPPED
WITH FREE, PUBLIC WI-FI ACCESS.
  S  2.  The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 73 to read
as follows:
  S 73. ACCESS TO WI-FI WIRELESS STANDARD FOR HIGH-SPEED WIRELESS  LOCAL
AREA  NETWORKING. EVERY APPELLATE DIVISION COURT HOUSE SHALL BE EQUIPPED
WITH FREE, PUBLIC WI-FI ACCESS.
  S 3. The office for technology shall provide any technical advice  and
assistance  necessary  to provide such access to Wi-Fi wireless standard
for high-speed wireless local area networking  established  pursuant  to
sections 60-a and 73 of the judiciary law.
  S  4.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06061-01-9

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