Bill Text: NY S02685 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Enacts the "omnibus telecommunications reform act of 2016".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-03 - PRINT NUMBER 2685A [S02685 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02685-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2685--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- recommitted to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the public service law, and the executive law, in relation to reforming the telecommunications sector of the New York economy, by creating a broadband authority, authorizing statewide cable franchises for the purposes of competitive cable service, promoting the wide-spread development of high-capacity broadband internet access, and increasing the availability and quality of services in this key economic development area and ensuring the safety, reliability and affordability of telecommunications services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "omnibus telecommunications reform act of 2016". 3 § 2. Legislative findings. 1. a. It is and has been the long-standing 4 policy of the state of New York that every resident and business in the 5 state of New York has a right to have equal physical and social access 6 to adequate telecommunications services at just and reasonable rates, 7 because universal access to the benefits of telephony is fundamental to 8 effective communication, quality of life, economic development, public 9 safety and security, and democratic participation. Telecommunications, 10 however, is undergoing dramatic changes with new technologies driving 11 the ways people communicate with one another. No matter the source or 12 vehicle by which people communicate with each other, the people of this 13 state have the right to adequate service at just and reasonable rates. 14 Therefore, all telecommunications services must meet the highest stand- 15 ards of quality, reliability, and safety--including protecting and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05431-02-6
