Bill Text: NY S00695 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires cell towers to be equipped with a back-up power source in case of a power outage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S00695 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           695

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by Sens. KAPLAN, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and  Tele-
          communications

        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, to the extent practicable, equip all such cellular  network
     6  infrastructure with an emergency back-up power source capable of provid-
     7  ing  adequate  power  to maintain the operation of such cellular network
     8  infrastructure in the case 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.
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