Bill Text: NY A10988 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires cell towers to be equipped with a back-up power source in case of a power outage.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-09 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A10988 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10988-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10988 IN ASSEMBLY September 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring cell towers to be equipped with a back-up power source in case of a power outage 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 2 399-yyyy to read as follows: 3 § 399-yyyy. Cellular network infrastructure; backup power. 1. Every 4 owner or operator of cellular network infrastructure located in this 5 state shall equip all such cellular network infrastructure with an emer- 6 gency back-up power source capable of providing adequate power to main- 7 tain the operation of such cellular network infrastructure in the case 8 of a loss of power. 9 2. For the purposes of this section, "cellular network infrastructure" 10 shall mean any part of a radio telecommunications network that provides 11 wireless communications infrastructure to support cellular phones, 12 located throughout a geographical coverage area, including, but not 13 limited to, cell towers. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 15 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD17098-02-0