Bill Text: NY A08010 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits a commercial landlord from interfering with the installation of telephone corporation facilities upon his or her property or premises.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-24 - signed chap.229 [A08010 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08010-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8010--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 25, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. DINOWITZ, VANEL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- reported and
          referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported  and  referred  to  the
          Committee  on  Rules  --  Rules  Committee  discharged,  bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to discrimination in
          franchises and privileges
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
     2  103 to read as follows:
     3    § 103. Landlord-tenant relationship.  1. No landlord shall (a)  inter-
     4  fere  with the installation of telephone corporation facilities upon his
     5  or her property or premises, except that a landlord may require:
     6    (1) that the installation of telephone corporation facilities  conform
     7  to  such  reasonable  conditions as are necessary to protect the safety,
     8  functioning and appearance of the  premises,  and  the  convenience  and
     9  well-being of other tenants;
    10    (2) that the telephone corporation bear the entire cost of the instal-
    11  lation, operation or removal of such facilities; and
    12    (3) that the telephone corporation agree to indemnify the landlord for
    13  any  damage  caused  by  the  installation, operation or removal of such
    14  facilities;
    15    (b) demand or accept payment from any tenant, in any form, in exchange
    16  for permitting telephone corporation services on or within  his  or  her
    17  property  or  premises,  or  from  any telephone corporation in exchange
    18  therefor in excess of any amount which the commission  shall,  by  regu-
    19  lation, determine to be reasonable; or
    20    (c)  discriminate  in rental charges or otherwise, between tenants who
    21  receive telephone corporation services and those who do not.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11794-02-7
        A. 8010--A                          2
     1    2. No telephone corporation may enter  into  any  agreement  with  the
     2  owners, lessees or persons controlling or managing buildings served by a
     3  telephone  corporation,  or  do  or  permit any act, that would have the
     4  effect, directly or indirectly of diminishing or interfering with exist-
     5  ing  rights  of  any tenant or other occupant of such building to use or
     6  avail himself or herself of telecommunications services.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to  leases
     8  entered into, modified or renewed on and after such date.