New York A 10360: Prohibits the charging of membership fees during a state disaster emergency

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A10360 Summary:

BILL NOA10360 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09271

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSRTapia, Wright, Shrestha, Zaccaro, Lasher, Dinowitz, Reyes, Shimsky, Bores, Lee, Rosenthal, Simone,
 Hevesi, Kay, Burdick, Gibbs, Eachus, Barrett, Seawright, Septimo, DeStefano, Fall, Schiavoni,
 Glick, Reilly, McMahon, Rivera, Slater, O'Pharrow, Carroll R, Cook, Jacobson, Levenberg, Gandolfo,
 Simon, Griffin, Smith, Cashman, Taylor, Kelles, Kassay, Moreno, Durso, Bronson, Burke, Stern

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 12 §§250 & 251, Pub Serv L

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Enacts the "NY broadband resiliency, public safety and quality act" to provide for oversight of the resiliency, public safety and quality of broadband and voice over internet protocol service.

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BILL NOA10360 

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03/02/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10360

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 2, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to enacting the "NY
 broadband resiliency, public safety and quality act"

 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 "NY broadband resiliency, public safety and quality act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds and declares
 4 that access to high-speed broadband service is a necessity and essential
 5 to participation in the economy, education and civic life. Closing gaps
 6 in broadband availability is a matter of deployment, affordability and
 7 ensuring networks are resilient, high quality and facilitate public
 8 safety. Because voice over internet protocol has replaced traditional
 9 voice telephone service for a large segment of the population, ensuring
 10 its reliability is in the public interest and consistent with public
 11 safety goals. State regulators require unambiguous authority and a clear
 12 mandate to establish and enforce appropriate oversight and regulation of
 13 broadband and voice over internet protocol service in order to meet the
 14 state's goals of universal, high-quality and affordable access.
 15 § 3. The public service law is amended by adding a new article 12 to
 16 read as follows:
 17 ARTICLE 12
 18 BROADBAND RESILIENCY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND QUALITY ACT
 19 Section 250. Definitions.
 20 251. Oversight of broadband and VoIP service.
 21 § 250. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following
 22 terms shall have the following meanings:
 23 1. "Broadband service" shall mean a mass-market retail service that
 24 provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or
 25 substantially all internet endpoints, including any capabilities that
 26 are incidental to and enable the operation of the communications
 27 service, but shall not include dial-up service.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14926-01-6

 A. 10360 2

 1 2. "Internet service provider" shall mean any person, business or
 2 organization qualified to do business in this state that provides indi-
 3 viduals, corporations or other entities with the ability to connect to
 4 the internet with a broadband service.
 5 3. "Voice over Internet Protocol" or "VoIP" shall mean an intercon-
 6 nected voice over internet protocol service that:
 7 (a) Enables real-time, two-way voice communications;
 8 (b) Requires a broadband connection from the user's location;
 9 (c) Requires internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment;
 10 and
 11 (d) Permits users to receive calls that originate on the public
 12 switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched
 13 telephone network.
 14 § 251. Oversight of broadband and VoIP service. 1. The public service
 15 commission shall be authorized to exercise oversight regarding broadband
 16 and VoIP service.
 17 2. The public service co