Assembly Bill A2037A

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the department of public service to study the feasibility of a municipal broadband program within the state

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A2037 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6041
Law Section:
Public Services
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A11302

2019-A2037 - Summary

Directs the department of public service to study the feasibility of a municipal broadband program within the state.

2019-A2037 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2037
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT directing the public service commission to study the  feasibility
   of a municipal broadband program within the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The chair of the public service commission shall study  and
 evaluate the feasibility of a municipal broadband program.
   §  2.  The public service commission shall evaluate such data with the
 assistance of experts in:
   a. internet speed;
   b. telecommunications; and
   c. broadband infrastructure.
   § 3. No later than one year after the effective date of this act,  the
 public  service commission shall submit to the governor and the legisla-
 ture a report on the feasibility of a municipal broadband program within
 the state.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01696-01-9

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2019-A2037A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6041
Law Section:
Public Services
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A11302

2019-A2037A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of public service to study the feasibility of a municipal broadband program within the state.

2019-A2037A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2037--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on  Corporations,  Authorities  and  Commissions   --   committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT directing the department of public service to study the feasibil-
   ity of a municipal broadband program within the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The department of public  service  shall,  in  consultation
 with  the  urban  development  corporation  and any other relevant state
 entity, undertake a study and evaluation of the feasibility of a munici-
 pal broadband program within the state. Such study and evaluation  shall
 include,  but  not  be  limited  to:  the estimated costs of a municipal
 broadband program, the current state and federal resources available  to
 municipalities  to  undertake such a program, and the relevant expertise
 necessary for a municipality to administer such a program.
   § 2. The department of public service shall evaluate  such  data  with
 the assistance of experts in:
   a. internet speeds;
   b. telecommunications; and
   c. broadband infrastructure.
   §  3. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
 department of public service shall submit to the governor, the temporary
 president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly a report on the
 feasibility of a municipal broadband  program  within  the  state.  Such
 report  shall  also  be  posted  on  the  department of public service's
 website.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01696-02-9

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