Bill Text: NY S09076 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires internet service providers to develop and implement an emergency alert notification system; requires providers to develop and implement an alert system when clients are using video streaming services; requires alerts to scroll at the top or bottom of the video display.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-15 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09076 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S09076-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9076
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 15, 2018
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        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to requiring
          internet service providers to develop and implement an emergency alert
          notification system
          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  394-ccc to read as follows:
     3    §  394-ccc.  Emergency  alert  notification  system;  internet service
     4  providers. 1. As used in this section, the following  terms  shall  have
     5  the following meanings:
     6    (a)  "video  streaming  service" means an entity directly in the busi-
     7  ness, for profit, of offering, promoting or providing access  to  films,
     8  television  shows  or  other video content for viewing on or through the
     9  internet.
    10    (b) "internet service provider" means any person, business  or  organ-
    11  ization  qualified  to  do business in this state that provides individ-
    12  uals, corporations, or other entities with the ability to connect to the
    13  internet through equipment that is located in this state.
    14    (c) "client" means a customer or participant who  pays  a  fee  and/or
    15  submits  identifying information to join an internet service provider in
    16  order to access the internet.
    17    (d) "New York clients" means a client who provides an in-state billing
    18  address or zip code when registering with the provider.
    19    2. An internet service provider  that  supports  the  transmission  of
    20  video streaming services to New York clients shall develop and implement
    21  an emergency alert notification system to be used while New York clients
    22  access  such  video streaming service. Such emergency alert notification
    23  system shall convey timely information concerning emergency incidents or
    24  occurrences, including, but not limited to severe weather, that pose  an
    25  imminent  threat  to the health or safety of a substantial number of New
    26  York clients in a particular location. Such emergency alert notification
    27  system shall include, but not be limited to, scrolling emergency  infor-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16323-01-8
        S. 9076                             2
     1  mation  at  the  top  or  bottom  of the video streaming service's video
     2  display.
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.