Bill Text: NY A04578 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4578 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires all cellular telecommunications service providers with new cellular antenna towers to secure on-site back-up power.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-03 - enacting clause stricken [A04578 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04578-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4578
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M. of A. CLARK, ZEBROWSKI, MAGNARELLI -- Multi-Sponsored
         by -- M. of A.  BRENNAN, CERETTO, GOTTFRIED,  HOOPER,  JAFFEE,  PERRY,
         SKARTADOS  --  read  once  and  referred  to the Committee on Economic
         Development
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  requiring  all
         cellular telecommunications service providers with new cellular anten-
         na towers to secure on-site back-up power
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
    2  390-d to read as follows:
    3    S 390-D. ON-SITE BACK-UP POWER SOURCE REQUIRED FOR NEW CELLULAR ANTEN-
    4  NA TOWERS. ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, EACH CELLU-
    5  LAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER  WITH  A  NEW  CELLULAR  ANTENNA
    6  TOWER  SHALL  EQUIP  SUCH  TOWER  WITH  ON-SITE BACK-UP POWER CAPABLE OF
    7  PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER CONTINUOUSLY FOR  A  MINIMUM  OF  SEVENTY-TWO
    8  HOURS TO BE USED DURING A POWER FAILURE.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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