Bill Text: NY S06041 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the department of public service to study the feasibility of a municipal broadband program within the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-12-06 - VETOED MEMO.190 [S06041 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06041-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         6041--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. MAY, METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
          nications -- reported favorably from said committee and  committed  to
          the  Committee  on  Finance  --  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.
                                                                   LBD01696-03-9