STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2037--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT directing the department of public service to study the feasibil- ity 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 department of public service shall, in consultation 2 with the urban development corporation and any other relevant state 3 entity, undertake a study and evaluation of the feasibility of a munici- 4 pal broadband program within the state. Such study and evaluation shall 5 include, but not be limited to: the estimated costs of a municipal 6 broadband program, the current state and federal resources available to 7 municipalities to undertake such a program, and the relevant expertise 8 necessary for a municipality to administer such a program. 9 § 2. The department of public service shall evaluate such data with 10 the assistance of experts in: 11 a. internet speeds; 12 b. telecommunications; and 13 c. broadband infrastructure. 14 § 3. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the 15 department of public service shall submit to the governor, the temporary 16 president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly a report on the 17 feasibility of a municipal broadband program within the state. Such 18 report shall also be posted on the department of public service's 19 website. 20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01696-02-9