Bill Text: NY A11302 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-08-15 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A11302 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A11302-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          11302
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     August 15, 2018
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        Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gunther) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
          and Commissions
        AN  ACT directing the public service commission to study the feasibility
          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 chair of the public service commission shall study and
     2  evaluate the feasibility of a municipal broadband program.
     3    § 2. The public service commission shall evaluate such data  with  the
     4  assistance of experts in:
     5    a. internet speed;
     6    b. telecommunications; and
     7    c. broadband infrastructure.
     8    §  3. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
     9  public service commission shall submit to the governor and the  legisla-
    10  ture a report on the feasibility of a municipal broadband program within
    11  the state.
    12    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16432-01-8