Assembly Bill A1217

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to service quality standards for copper telephone 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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2019-A1217 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S673
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §91-b, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7543, S6111
2021-2022: S1712

2019-A1217 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to service quality standards for copper telephone systems; requires the public service commission to establish a plan to achieve a state of good repair for all copper telephone systems.

2019-A1217 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1217
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LIFTON, LUPARDO, THIELE, FAHY, WILLIAMS, BARRON,
   ABINANTI, WRIGHT, MAGNARELLI, PAULIN, VANEL, COLTON,  WALKER,  ARROYO,
   DICKENS,  WALLACE, STECK, PEOPLES-STOKES, COOK, ORTIZ, GLICK, BENEDET-
   TO, PERRY, RYAN, RICHARDSON, CARROLL, SANTABARBARA,  CUSICK,  WOERNER,
   ROZIC,  L. ROSENTHAL,  OTIS,  GOTTFRIED,  JEAN-PIERRE,  MOSLEY, GALEF,
   QUART, BICHOTTE, D'URSO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  DE LA ROSA,
   ENGLEBRIGHT, HYNDMAN, LENTOL, RAMOS, RODRIGUEZ, SIMON -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to service quality
   standards for copper telephone systems
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature hereby finds and
 declares that copper telephone systems are in a state of  disrepair  due
 to  aging equipment and underinvestment by telephone corporations in the
 financial and workforce capital needed to ensure the system's high qual-
 ity  functioning.  In  2005  the  public  service  commission   severely
 curtailed  service  quality penalties, which has led telephone companies
 to virtually abandon upkeep of copper telephone systems letting them age
 and deteriorate. Copper telephone systems will continue  to  deteriorate
 if such issues are not addressed.
   Millions  of  New Yorkers rely on the copper telephone system, in many
 places with no alternative source of affordable service. Many  customers
 are  subject  to  prolonged  service outages, long delays in new service
 installation, and frequent instances of  substandard  service.  Further,
 many  telephone  companies  lack  the  workforce  necessary  to meet the
 system's installation, maintenance and repair needs.
   While some communities within the state  are  not  reliant  on  copper
 telephone  systems,  many  still  are.  There  are communities that have
 access to fiber optic  services  but  significant  portions  of  upstate
 including  cities and rural areas and other underserved areas do not. In
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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