Senate Bill S1949

2019-2020 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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2019-S1949 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1459
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
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
2017-2018: S2042, A7489
2021-2022: S5330, A896
2023-2024: S26, A30

2019-S1949 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2019-S1949 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1949 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1949
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LITTLE, GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 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:
                               ARTICLE 13-E
                            WIRELESS FACILITIES

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

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