New York A 5044: Requires that internet providers who provide service in a municipality provide basic internet service to each residential dwelling or residential dwelling unit in that municipality at no cost

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A05044 Summary:

BILL NOA05044 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJacobson

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COSPNSRKim, Simon, Colton, Epstein, Raga, Eachus

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §104-b, Pub Serv L

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Requires that internet providers who provide service in a municipality provide basic internet service to each residential dwelling or residential dwelling unit in that municipality at no cost.

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BILL NOA05044 

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02/11/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5044

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, KIM, SIMON, COLTON, EPSTEIN, RAGA,
 EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations,
 Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring that
 internet providers who provide service in a municipality provide basic
 internet service to each residential dwelling or residential dwelling
 unit in that municipality at no cost

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

 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 104-b to read as follows:
 3 § 104-b. Provision of internet services. 1. The provisions of this
 4 section shall apply to every provider of a broadband internet line which
 5 lies wholly within the state and that part within the state of New York
 6 of every broadband internet line which lies partly within and partly
 7 without the state and to the persons, entities or corporations owning,
 8 leasing or operating any such broadband internet line.
 9 2. As used in this section, "internet service provider" means any
 10 person, business, entity or organization qualified to do business in
 11 this state that provides individuals, corporations, or other entities
 12 within the state with the ability to connect to the internet through
 13 equipment that is located in this state.
 14 3. Each internet provider that provides service to customers within a
 15 municipality shall provide basic internet service to each residential
 16 dwelling or unit contained within such residential dwelling in that
 17 municipality at no cost to the persons occupying such dwelling or unit.
 18 4. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate
 19 the provisions of this section, including, but not limited to the
 20 following:
 21 (a) rules and regulations to apportion the responsibility of each
 22 provider in the event that a municipality has authorized more than one

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04016-01-5

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 1 internet provider to operate within the geographic area of the munici-
 2 pality; and
 3 (b) rules and regulations to ensure such compliance internet service
 4 providers with the provisions of this section.
 5 5. No internet service provider shall assign or transfer liability for
 6 its obligations under this section to any other person, business, entity
 7 or organization or contract for any other person, business, entity or
 8 organization to perform the internet service provider's duties under
 9 this section without the prior written consent of the commission.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 11 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 12 ment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the imple-
 13 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made
 14 and completed on or before such effective date.

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