Senate Bill S2042

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Enacts the "wireless broadband eligible facility permitting act" to provide for uniform regulation of certain wireless facilities

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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-S2042 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7489
Current Committee:
Senate Infrastructure And Capital Investment
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 13-E §§300 - 304, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6090, A10620
2019-2020: S1949, A1459
2021-2022: S5330, A896
2023-2024: S26, A30

2017-S2042 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "wireless broadband eligible facility permitting act" to provide for uniform regulation of certain wireless facilities.

2017-S2042 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2042 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2042
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LITTLE, GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Infrastructure
   and Capital Investment
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to enacting the
   "wireless broadband eligible facility permitting  act"  providing  for
   uniform municipal regulation of certain wireless facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby  finds  and
 declares  that  it  is  the  policy of this state to ensure the safe and
 efficient integration of certain wireless facility modifications  neces-
 sary for the provision of broadband and other advanced wireless services
 across the entirety of the state. It is the intent of this act to facil-
 itate  the  ongoing  demand  for  access to broadband and other advanced
 wireless services by exempting certain modifications of  existing  wire-
 less  facilities  from  the need for municipal zoning, land use or other
 discretionary siting permits, to eliminate  the  burdens  and  resources
 dedicated  by  municipal  zoning and land use agencies to review certain
 eligible modifications of such wireless facilities, and create a  state-
 wide  uniform process for municipal permitting of such eligible facility
 modifications. The legislature acknowledges and confirms  the  authority
 of  local governments to otherwise exercise zoning, land use and permit-
 ting authority within their territorial boundaries with  regard  to  the
 placement  and  construction  of  wireless facilities in accordance with
 other laws, rules and requirements that may apply to the siting of wire-
 less facilities.
   § 2. Short title. This act shall be known and  may  be  cited  as  the
 "wireless broadband eligible facility permitting act".
   § 3. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new article 13-E
 to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00655-01-7
              

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