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Assembly Bill A6605

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing fiber optic services

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2017-A6605 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §224-c, amd Art 11 Head, §212, Pub Serv L

2017-A6605 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing fiber optic services; requires the public service commission to determine the status of fiber optic services in New York state; provides that the commission shall require construction or installation of fiber optic services by an internet service provider in communities in which fiber optic services are determined to be absent, insufficient, or inadequate.

2017-A6605 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6605
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to  providing  fiber
   optic services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 224-c to read as follows:
   §  224-C.  FIBER  OPTIC  SERVICES.  1. THE COMMISSION SHALL DETERMINE,
 WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE  STATUS  OF
 FIBER  OPTIC  SERVICES  IN NEW YORK STATE. THE COMMISSION SHALL IDENTIFY
 COMMUNITIES WITHOUT ACCESS TO FIBER OPTIC SERVICES, COMMUNITIES IN WHICH
 INSUFFICIENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE HAS CAUSED  SOCIAL  OR  ECONOMIC
 IMPACTS, COMMUNITIES WHERE LOCAL FRANCHISES HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH,
 AND  COMMUNITIES  IN WHICH THE COMMISSION BELIEVES SUCH BROADBAND AND/OR
 FIBER OPTIC SERVICE IS NECESSARY FOR THE  SUCCESSFUL  IMPLEMENTATION  OF
 COMMISSION POLICIES ON COMPETITION, AFFORDABLE, AND ADEQUATE SERVICE.
   2.  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL, WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE
 DETERMINATION OF FIBER OPTIC SERVICES IN  NEW  YORK  STATE  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLATION OF
 FIBER  OPTIC  SERVICES BY AN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER IN COMMUNITIES IN
 WHICH FIBER OPTIC SERVICES ARE DETERMINED TO BE ABSENT, INSUFFICIENT, OR
 INADEQUATE, SO AS TO ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF FIBER OPTIC SERVICES  TO
 THE GREATEST NUMBER OF NEW YORK STATE RESIDENTS POSSIBLE.
   §  2.  The article heading of article 11 of the public service law, as
 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
              PROVISIONS RELATING TO CABLE TELEVISION COMPANIES
                      AND INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
 § 3. Section 212 of the public service law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 15 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10554-01-7

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