Bill Text: NY A02037 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-12-06 - VETOED MEMO.190 [A02037 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2037
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
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        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:
     1    Section 1. The chair of the public service commission shall study  and
     2  evaluate the feasibility of a municipal broadband program.
     3    §  2.  The public service commission shall evaluate such data with the
     4  assistance of experts in:
     5    a. internet speed;
     6    b. telecommunications; and
     7    c. broadband infrastructure.
     8    § 3. No later than one year after the effective date of this act,  the
     9  public  service commission shall submit to the governor and the legisla-
    10  ture a report on the feasibility of a municipal broadband program within
    11  the state.
    12    § 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