Assembly Bill A3910

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides regulatory control of Internet service providers by the public service commission, requires Internet neutrality and relates to the placement of equipment on utility poles

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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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2021-A3910 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S46
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 12 §§250 - 255, amd §§219 & 119-a, Pub Serv L; amd §165, St Fin L; add §104-d, Gen Muni L; amd §2879, Pub Auth L; amd §143, Ec Dev L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8321
2019-2020: A3642, S2263
2023-2024: A2611, S1950

2021-A3910 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides regulatory control of Internet service providers by the public service commission; requires Internet neutrality; relates to the placement of equipment on utility poles.

2021-A3910 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3910
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to Internet neutral-
   ity; and to amend the state finance law, the  general  municipal  law,
   the  public  authorities  law  and  the  economic  development law, in
   relation to requiring that procurement  contracts  require  compliance
   with Internet neutrality requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares  the
 following:
   (a)  This  act is adopted pursuant to the police power inherent in the
 state of New York to  protect  and  promote  the  safety,  life,  public
 health, public convenience, general prosperity, and well-being of socie-
 ty,  and  the  welfare  of  the state's population and economy, that are
 increasingly dependent on an open and neutral Internet.
   (b) Almost every sector of New York's economy, democracy, and  society
 is  dependent on the open and neutral Internet that supports vital func-
 tions regulated under the police power of the state, including, but  not
 limited to, each of the following:
   (1) police and emergency services;
   (2) health and safety services and infrastructure;
   (3) utility services and infrastructure;
   (4)  transportation  infrastructure and services, and the expansion of
 zero- and low-emission transportation options;
   (5) government services, voting, and democratic decision making  proc-
 esses;
   (6) education;
   (7) business and economic activity;
   (8)  environmental monitoring and protection, and achievement of state
 environmental goals; and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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