Assembly Bill A4927

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the wireless facility siting act

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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-A4927 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 13-E §§300 - 306, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5994
2011-2012: A3843
2013-2014: A1686
2015-2016: A4746
2017-2018: A4506
2021-2022: A3945
2023-2024: A2636

2019-A4927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "wireless facility siting act"; directs cities, towns and villages to regulate the siting of cellular communications facilities.

2019-A4927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   4927
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. COLTON, CYMBROWITZ, WRIGHT, BENEDETTO, ENGLE-
   BRIGHT, RIVERA, L. ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   FINCH, GLICK, THIELE, TITUS, WALKER -- read once and referred  to  the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to enact the "wireless facility siting act"; to amend the general
   municipal  law, in relation to the placement, construction and modifi-
   cation of wireless services facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative intent.  Municipal control over the siting of
 wireless services facilities is an important component of municipal home
 rule.  The legislature recognizes the federal, state and local interests
 of providing for proper and convenient wireless services to the  public.
 As  such,  the  legislature  needs to balance the interests of providing
 quality wireless communication services with local concerns on the inap-
 propriate siting of telecommunications towers. This act provides  for  a
 process  of  municipal  review  for  applications to site, construct and
 modify wireless services facilities.  Such process must incorporate  the
 needs  and  desires of the local community, with regard to the aesthetic
 ramifications of such siting. It is the intent  of  the  legislature  in
 adopting the "wireless facility siting act" to implement enabling legis-
 lation  which  specifically  sets  forth a uniform statewide process for
 municipal review of applications for  the  placement,  construction  and
 modification  of wireless services facilities in all municipalities that
 do not have local laws to regulate the placement of  such  towers.  Each
 municipality  shall  be  able  to enact approval processes that are more
 strict than those established by this act.
   § 2. Short title. This act shall be known as and may be cited  as  the
 "wireless facility siting 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.
              

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