Bill Text: NY S06466 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to transfers of cable systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-21 - REFERRED TO RULES [S06466 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06466-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6466

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 12, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER  -- (at request of the Department of Public
          Service) -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public service law, in relation to transfers of
          cable systems

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 222 of the public service law, as
     2  added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
     3    3. (a) The commission shall approve the  application  for  renewal  or
     4  amendment  of  a  franchise  unless  it  finds  that the applicant[, the
     5  proposed transferee] or the cable television system does not conform  to
     6  the  standards established in the regulations promulgated by the commis-
     7  sion pursuant to section two hundred fifteen of  this  article  or  that
     8  approval  would  be  in  violation  of  law,  any regulation or standard
     9  promulgated by the commission or the public interest, provided  however,
    10  that  a  failure  to  conform  to the standards established in the regu-
    11  lations promulgated by the commission shall not preclude approval of any
    12  such application if the commission finds that such approval would  serve
    13  the public interest.
    14    (b) The commission shall not approve the application for a transfer of
    15  a  franchise,  any  transfer of control of a franchise or certificate of
    16  confirmation, or of facilities constituting a significant  part  of  any
    17  cable  television  system  unless  the  applicant  demonstrates that the
    18  proposed transferee and the cable television system conform to the stan-
    19  dards established in  the  regulations  promulgated  by  the  commission
    20  pursuant  to  section two hundred fifteen of this article, that approval
    21  would not be in violation of law, or any regulation or standards promul-
    22  gated by the commission, and that  the  transfer  is  otherwise  in  the
    23  public  interest;  provided,  however,  that a failure to conform to the
    24  standards established in the regulations promulgated by  the  commission

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09333-01-9
        S. 6466                             2

     1  shall  not  preclude  approval of any such application if the commission
     2  finds that such approval would serve the public interest.
     3    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
     4  application pending before the public service commission on such date.