Assembly Bill A7635A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes a moratorium on telephone corporations on the replacement of landline telephone service with a wireless system

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7635 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2902
2017-2018: A3733

2013-A7635 - Summary

Establishes a moratorium on telephone corporations on the replacement of landline telephone service with a wireless system.

2013-A7635 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7635

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BRENNAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT in relation to establishing  a  moratorium  on  telephone  corpo-
  rations  on the replacement of landline telephone service with a wire-
  less system; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
  expiration thereof

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

  Section 1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law  to  the  contrary,
commencing with the effective date of this act, there shall be a morato-
rium  on  any and all actions taken by telephone corporations subject to
article 5 of the public service law  to  replace  landline  or  wireline
telephone service with a wireless system.
  b.  During  the  period of the moratorium, and within no less than one
year from the effective date of this act, the public service  commission
shall  investigate  and  conduct  one or more public hearings as well as
evidentiary hearings with the purpose of gathering information and data,
and prepare and submit a report to the governor and the  state  legisla-
ture on the following questions:
  (1)  How  does the replacement of a copper-based wireline telecommuni-
cations network with a wireless system affect or impact:
  (A) the incumbent local exchange carrier's (ILEC) ability  to  provide
adequate, efficient, proper, reliable, and sufficient service?
  (B)  the  ability  of  ILEC to provide its customers access to service
options, including, but not limited to, Internet access?
  (C) the ability of other service providers, including, but not limited
to, alarm monitoring companies, home health monitoring equipment provid-
ers, to provide services to consumers and businesses?
  (D) the ability of deaf and hard-of-hearing consumers to access commu-
nications services in accordance with section 91-a of the public service
law?

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11002-02-3

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2013-A7635A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A2902
2017-2018: A3733

2013-A7635A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a moratorium on telephone corporations on the replacement of landline telephone service with a wireless system.

2013-A7635A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 7635--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRENNAN,  MAISEL, ABINANTI, ROBERTS, COLTON,
  ROSENTHAL, JACOBS, MAYER, HENNESSEY, GUNTHER, CRESPO,  ESPINAL,  SCAR-
  BOROUGH,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  BUCHWALD, CAHILL, KELLNER, GIBSON, RUSSELL,
  OTIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  ARROYO,  CLARK,  ENGLEBRIGHT,
  FARRELL, GARBARINO, GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, MOSLEY, RAIA, RAMOS, ROBINSON,
  SCHIMEL,  SEPULVEDA, SIMOTAS, SWEENEY, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis-
  sions -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  in  relation  to  establishing a moratorium on telephone corpo-
  rations on the replacement of landline telephone service with a  wire-
  less  system;  and  providing  for  the repeal of such provisions upon
  expiration thereof

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

  Section  1.  a.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
commencing with the effective date of this act, there shall be a morato-
rium on any and all actions taken by telephone corporations  subject  to
article  5  of  the  public  service law to replace landline or wireline
telephone service with a wireless system.
  b. On or before April 1, 2014, the public  service  commission,  after
conducting  one  or  more  public  hearings,  shall prepare and submit a
report to the governor and the state legislature setting forth its find-
ings and conclusions on the report to be submitted by a telephone corpo-
ration by November 1, 2013 to the public service commission pursuant  to
an  order  issued  by the public service commission on May 16, 2013 with
respect to case no. 13-C-0197.
  c. The public service commission shall include in the report submitted
pursuant to subdivision b of this section its findings  and  conclusions
on the following questions:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11002-03-3

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