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Assembly Bill A4986

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to deeming municipal franchise terms requirements of the public service commission

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2015-A4986 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง227-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7200
2013-2014: A2710
2017-2018: A4967

2015-A4986 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Deems terms of a franchise granted by a municipality to be requirements of the public service commission.

2015-A4986 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4986

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, GALEF, ROBERTS, MONTESANO -- Multi-Spon-
  sored  by  --  M. of A.   AUBRY, GOODELL, SCARBOROUGH -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to deeming municipal
  franchise terms requirements of the public service commission

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 227-a of the public service law,
as added by chapter 83 of the laws  of  1995,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  Every  cable  television  company,  and  all  officers, agents and
employees of any cable television company shall obey, observe and comply
with every order, direction or requirement made by the commission, under
authority of this article, so long as the same shall be  and  remain  in
force.   THE TERMS OF A FRANCHISE SHALL, UPON THE REQUEST OF THE MUNICI-
PALITY WHICH HAS GRANTED SUCH FRANCHISE, BE DEEMED REQUIREMENTS MADE  BY
THE  COMMISSION  UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THIS ARTICLE. Except as provided
in subdivision two of this section, any cable television  company  which
shall  violate  any  provision of this article, or which fails, omits or
neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order or any  direction  or
requirement  of the commission, shall forfeit to the people of the state
of New York a sum to be set by the commission not to exceed one thousand
dollars for each and every offense; every violation of any such order or
direction or requirement, or of this article, shall be  a  separate  and
distinct  offense,  and,  in case of a continuing violation, every day's
continuance thereof shall be a separate and distinct offense.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07337-01-5

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