Bill Text: NY S03888 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3888 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the security of telecommunications service centers and their assets.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S03888 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03888-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3888
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 20, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
         land Security and Military Affairs
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  executive  law and the general business law, in
         relation to telecommunication service security
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 719 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  719.    SECURITY  REPORT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSETS. THE NEW YORK
    4  STATE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES,  IN  COOPER-
    5  ATION  WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, SHALL PERFORM AN INVESTIGATION
    6  AND, ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN,  SHALL  ISSUE  A
    7  REPORT  TO  THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND THE
    8  SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,  ON  TELECOMMUNICATION  SECURITY  IN  NEW  YORK
    9  STATE.  SUCH  INVESTIGATION  AND REPORT SHALL EXAMINE THE FACILITIES AND
   10  OPERATIONS OF ALL CORPORATIONS WHICH OFFER OR PROVIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
   11  SERVICES, AND SHALL EXAMINE AND REPORT ON THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL
   12  FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND  PROCEDURES  OF  SUCH  CORPORATIONS  AND  MAKE
   13  RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SECURITY THEREOF.
   14    S  2. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 37-B
   15  to read as follows:
   16                                ARTICLE 37-B
   17                     TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE SECURITY
   18  SECTION 807. SECURITY AT TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTERS.
   19    S 807. SECURITY AT TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTERS.   NO CORPORATION  WHICH
   20  OFFERS  OR  PROVIDES  TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES SHALL PERMIT ACCESS TO
   21  ANY HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE, OR ANY PORTION OF A FACILITY OWNED OR OPERATED
   22  BY SUCH CORPORATION, WHERE SUCH  HARDWARE  OR  SOFTWARE  IS  MAINTAINED,
   23  WHERE  SUCH  HARDWARE  OR  SOFTWARE  PROVIDES  SWITCHING,  TRANSFORMING,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06954-01-5
       S. 3888                             2
    1  COMPUTER OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES IN THE DELIVERY OF ITS TELECOM-
    2  MUNICATION SERVICES, EXCEPT BY EMPLOYEES OF  THE  CORPORATION  WHO  HAVE
    3  SATISFIED  THE  REQUIREMENTS OF A SECURITY BACKGROUND CHECK, AS DESIGNED
    4  AND ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND
    5  EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE.
    6    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.