Assembly Bill A8986

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to commercial mobile radio and cellular telephone service providers

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6936 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-A8986 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6936
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Pub Serv L (as proposed in S.5782-A & A.7811-A)

2019-A8986 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the commission to designate any commercial mobile radio or cellular telephone service providers as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing lifeline service.

2019-A8986 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8986
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to commercial mobile
   radio and cellular telephone service providers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 6 of section  5  of  the  public
 service  law,  as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the
 public service law relating to  commercial  mobile  radio  and  cellular
 telephone service providers, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 5782-A and A. 7811-A, is amended to read as follows:
   c. Notwithstanding paragraph a of this subdivision, the commission may
 designate  any  commercial  mobile  radio  or cellular telephone service
 providers as an eligible  telecommunications  carrier  for  purposes  of
 providing  lifeline  service, in addition to any commercial mobile radio
 or cellular telephone service providers designated as such  pursuant  to
 47 U.S.C. § 214(e) and 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2), without requiring any such
 provider  to  obtain  a  certificate of public convenience and necessity
 pursuant to section ninety-nine of this  chapter.    The  [commissioner]
 COMMISSION  is authorized to promulgate all rules and regulations neces-
 sary to implement the provisions of this paragraph.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public service law
 relating  to  commercial  mobile  radio  and  cellular telephone service
 providers, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  5782-A  and  A.
 7811-A, takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11763-04-0

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