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Assembly Bill A2024

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state rural mobile communications fund

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2025-A2024 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §186-f, Tax L; add §99-g, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8134

2025-A2024 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the New York state rural mobile communications fund to provide grants for the purpose of increasing cellular service in low- to no-coverage areas.

2025-A2024 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2024
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SMULLEN, McDONOUGH, TAGUE, PALMESANO, MANKTELOW,
   LEMONDES, DeSTEFANO, ANGELINO, E. BROWN,  BEEPHAN  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
   establishing the New York state rural mobile communications fund

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 186-f of the tax
 law, as added by section 3 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of  2009,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  forty-one and seven-tenths of the revenues collected and received
 under this section into the [state general] NEW YORK STATE RURAL  MOBILE
 COMMUNICATIONS fund ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-NINE-G; and
   §  2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-g to
 read as follows:
   § 99-G. NEW YORK STATE RURAL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS FUND.  1.    ESTAB-
 LISHMENT  OF  THE FUND. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT CUSTODY
 OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER AND THE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE  A
 SPECIAL  FUND  TO  BE  KNOWN AS THE NEW YORK STATE RURAL MOBILE COMMUNI-
 CATIONS FUND. MONEYS IN THIS ACCOUNT SHALL  BE  KEPT  SEPARATE  AND  NOT
 COMMINGLED WITH ANY OTHER MONEYS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COMPTROLLER.
   2.  SOURCE  OF  FUNDS. THE SUM EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT IDENTIFIED IN PARA-
 GRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX-F OF THE
 TAX LAW SHALL BE CREDITED TO THE FUND.
   3. USE OF FUNDS. SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF  PROVID-
 ING  RURAL AREAS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 SIXTY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW, IN THE STATE WITH  GRANTS  FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING CELLULAR SERVICE IN LOW- TO NO-COVERAGE AREAS.
 PRIORITY  SHALL  BE  GIVEN TO APPLICANTS IN RURAL AREAS WHO CAN IDENTIFY
 PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS RESULTING FROM LACK OF CELLULAR SERVICE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04556-01-5
 A. 2024                             2

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