Bill Text: NY S06300 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to directing the public service commission to conduct a study and provide a report on the use of small cell products on state and/or municipal lands to improve network capacity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S06300 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06300-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 6, 2016
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        Introduced by Sen. PANEPINTO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
          cations
        AN ACT in relation to directing the public service commission to conduct
          a study regarding the use of small cell products;  and  providing  for
          the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public service commission shall, within thirty days  of
     2  the  effective  date of this act, undertake a study in coordination with
     3  the office of general services on feasible locations on state and munic-
     4  ipal property for the installation and leasing of  small  cell  products
     5  and  other related technology that may improve network capacity in areas
     6  of high mobile data usage. The public service commission and the  office
     7  of  general  services  shall  study  and  make  determinations on issues
     8  including but not limited to: (a) the current mobile data usage in vari-
     9  ous regions and areas where the per capita data usage is above state and
    10  national averages; (b) currently existing technology including, but  not
    11  limited  to,  small cell  products that can expand network capacity upon
    12  installation; (c) relevant state and municipal property  and  land  that
    13  could  be used as a siting location for the installation of such network
    14  expanding products; (d) costs and benefits associated with such  instal-
    15  lation;  and (e) the capacity of the state to lease state lands for such
    16  network expanding products and the ability of the state to  lease  state
    17  lands  in partnership with businesses that could provide network expand-
    18  ing products through competitive bidding procurement.
    19    § 2. The public service commission may conduct any  hearings  or  take
    20  any  written testimony as it deems necessary in order to aid such study,
    21  and shall take all other steps necessary to provide a thorough  analysis
    22  of  all  issues  related to the provisions listed in section one of this
    23  act.
    24    § 3. The public service commission in coordination with the office  of
    25  general  services shall issue its final report no later than one hundred
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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