Bill Text: NY S03607 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S03607 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03607-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3607
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 11, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the executive law  and  the  general  business  law,  in
          relation to telecommunications 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    § 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 twenty, shall issue a report
     7  to  the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker
     8  of the assembly, on telecommunication security in New York  state.  Such
     9  investigation  and report shall examine the facilities and operations of
    10  all corporations which offer or provide telecommunications services, and
    11  shall examine and report on the safety and security of  all  facilities,
    12  equipment  and  procedures of such corporations and make recommendations
    13  with respect to the improvement of the security thereof.
    14    § 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    §  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.
                                                                   LBD09565-01-9
        S. 3607                             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    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.