STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7119 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to attachments to utility poles for broadband service The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 119-a of the public service law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-a. With respect to a broadband internet provider that does not 4 provide regulated telephone service, a pole owner shall not require such 5 broadband internet provider to obtain a certificate of public conven- 6 ience and necessity under section ninety-nine of this chapter as a 7 condition to making attachments to utility poles solely owned or jointly 8 owned by the pole owner. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09744-01-3