Senate Bill S8286

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires financial reports from the New York state broadband program office

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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-S8286 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S111

2017-S8286 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires financial reports from the New York state broadband program office which detail expenditures of state and federal funds from the inception of the program and annually.

2017-S8286 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8286 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8286
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to require financial reports from the New  York  state  broadband
   program office
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The New York state broadband office shall produce a written
 "look back" report on all expenditures between April 13,  2015  and  the
 effective  date  of this act. The report shall state in clear detail how
 the broadband office has used the $500,000,000 allocated for the New  NY
 Broadband  Initiative  in  the  FY2015-2016  Capital Projects Budget, in
 addition to the $170,000,000 obtained  from  the  Federal  Communication
 Commission's Connect America Fund.
   The report shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a)  the  total  amount of public funds committed and expended by this
 program;
   (b) the total amount of private funds committed and expended  by  this
 program;
   (c)  the  location  of  each  area  receiving  investments  under this
 program, including zip+4 codes;
   (d) planned future investments by both public and private parties; and
   (e) other information as the broadband office deems appropriate.
   The report required under this section shall  be  published  no  later
 than 180 days after the effective date of this act.
   §  2. On an annual basis, the broadband office shall produce a written
 report on all expenditures of the previous twelve  months.  This  report
 shall contain the same criteria as the look back report. The first annu-
 al report shall be published no later than one year after the publishing
 of the initial look back report required by section one of this act, and
 shall continue through January 1, 2021.
   § 3. The look back report and annual reports shall be posted conspicu-
 ously  on  the  broadband  office's website. Additionally, a copy of the
 report shall be sent to the:
   (a) Temporary President of the Senate;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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