NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2820

Senate Bill S2820

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring internet service providers to charge a residential rate to emergency service organizations

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Internet And Technology Committee

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to internet and technology
Jan 29, 2019	referred to internet and technology

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2019-S2820 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Internet And Technology
Law Section:: General Business Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 40 §§900 & 901, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S6943
2021-2022: S2088
2023-2024: S5115

2019-S2820 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring internet service providers to charge a residential rate to emergency service organizations; creates a new article for the regulation of internet service providers.

2019-S2820 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2820

SPONSOR: JORDAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring
internet service providers to charge a residential rate to emergency
service organizations

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 creates Article 40 of the general business law, which sets
forth that rates charged to emergency service organizations for internet
services not exceed residential customer rates, and establishes the
relevant definitions for "internet service provider" and "emergency
service organization"

Section 2 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

In the era of the tax cap, municipalities and local governments have
grown more aware of how every cent of taxpayer money is spent. In the
case of emergency services, including volunteer companies, it has become
apparent that a considerable amount of taxpayer money is being spent
providing cable services more specifically, internet access - to the
various organizations that keep our communities safe.  For emergency
service organizations, access to the internet is vital, as dispatching
and other functions are performed using the internet.  Despite not using
a commercial quantity of internet services, these organizations are
still charged business rates, putting a considerable burden on the local
governments and the taxpayers. This bill would alleviate that burden by
stipulating that internet service providers charge emergency service
organizations at the residential rate, which is generally cheaper, rath-
er than by business rates.  Implementing such a change would ensure that
our State's municipalities can continue to provide vital services with-
out an unnecessarily high cost of doing so.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S6943 of 2017-18

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
On the thirtieth day after it shall have become law.

2019-S2820 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2820
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   internet  service  providers to charge a residential rate to emergency
   service organizations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 40 to read as follows:
                                 ARTICLE 40
                        INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
 SECTION 900. DEFINITIONS.
         901. RATES FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
   § 900. DEFINITIONS.  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE:   1. "INTERNET
 SERVICE PROVIDER" MEANS ANY PERSON, BUSINESS OR  ORGANIZATION  QUALIFIED
 TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE THAT PROVIDES INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, OR
 OTHER  ENTITIES  WITH  THE  ABILITY  TO  CONNECT TO THE INTERNET THROUGH
 EQUIPMENT THAT IS LOCATED IN THIS STATE.
   2. "EMERGENCY SERVICE ORGANIZATION" MEANS ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT,  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT  OR  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  OF  A  POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS
 STATE, OR A VOLUNTARY FIRE OR AMBULANCE COMPANY.
   § 901. RATES FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS. NO INTERNET  SERVICE
 PROVIDER SHALL CHARGE ANY EMERGENCY SERVICE ORGANIZATION AN AMOUNT WHICH
 IS  MORE THAN THE RATE CHARGED TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS OF SUCH INTERNET
 SERVICE PROVIDER. WHEN SUCH INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER CHARGES  DIFFERENT
 RATES  FOR  BUSINESS  CUSTOMERS  AND  RESIDENTIAL  CUSTOMERS,  EMERGENCY
 SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL BE CHARGED THE RESIDENTIAL RATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08987-01-9

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Sponsored By

Daphne Jordan

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Internet And Technology Committee

co-Sponsors

Fred Akshar

George Amedore

Phil Boyle

Michael H. Ranzenhofer

2019-S2820 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S2820 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S2820 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2820 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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