Senate Bill S6936

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to commercial mobile radio and cellular telephone service providers

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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-S6936 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8986
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Pub Serv L (as proposed in S.5782-A & A.7811-A)

2019-S6936 (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-S6936 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6936 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6936
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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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