Assembly Bill A10356

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the transfer of cable systems

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

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2017-A10356 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8299
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §222, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7372, S6466
2021-2022: A6706, S7085
2023-2024: A3684, S4847

2017-A10356 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the public service commission shall not approve the transfer of cable systems unless the applicant demonstrates that the proposed transferee and the cable television system conform to the standards established in the regulations promulgated by the public service commission, that approval would not be in violation of law, and that the transfer is otherwise in the public interest.

2017-A10356 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10356
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 17, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- (at request of the Department of Public
   Service)  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations,
   Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law,  in  relation  to  transfers  of
   cable systems
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 222 of the public service law,  as
 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  (A)  The  commission  shall approve the application FOR RENEWAL OR
 AMENDMENT OF A FRANCHISE  unless  it  finds  that  the  applicant[,  the
 proposed  transferee] or the cable television system does not conform to
 the standards established in the regulations promulgated by the  commis-
 sion  pursuant  to  section  two hundred fifteen of this article or that
 approval would be in  violation  of  law,  any  regulation  or  standard
 promulgated  by the commission or the public interest, provided however,
 that a failure to conform to the  standards  established  in  the  regu-
 lations promulgated by the commission shall not preclude approval of any
 such  application if the commission finds that such approval would serve
 the public interest.
   (B) THE COMMISSION SHALL NOT APPROVE THE APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER OF
 A FRANCHISE, ANY TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF A FRANCHISE  OR  CERTIFICATE  OF
 CONFIRMATION,  OR  OF  FACILITIES CONSTITUTING A SIGNIFICANT PART OF ANY
 CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM  UNLESS  THE  APPLICANT  DEMONSTRATES  THAT  THE
 PROPOSED TRANSFEREE AND THE CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM CONFORM TO THE STAN-
 DARDS  ESTABLISHED  IN  THE  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY THE COMMISSION
 PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE,  THAT  APPROVAL
 WOULD NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF LAW, OR ANY REGULATION OR STANDARDS PROMUL-
 GATED  BY  THE  COMMISSION,  AND  THAT  THE TRANSFER IS OTHERWISE IN THE
 PUBLIC INTEREST; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A FAILURE  TO  CONFORM  TO  THE
 STANDARDS  ESTABLISHED  IN THE REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSION
 SHALL NOT PRECLUDE APPROVAL OF ANY SUCH APPLICATION  IF  THE  COMMISSION
 FINDS THAT SUCH APPROVAL WOULD SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
 application pending before the public service commission on such date.

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