New York S 2355: Relates to attachments to utility poles for broadband service

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S02355 Summary:

BILL NOS02355 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06179

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Amd §119-a, Pub Serv L

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Relates to attachments to utility poles for broadband service; provides that for a broadband internet provider that does not provide regulated telephone service, a pole owner shall not require such broadband internet provider to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a condition to making attachments to utility poles solely owned or jointly-owned by the pole owner.

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BILL NOS02355 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1096

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2025PASSED SENATE

05/19/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/19/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2355

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
 cations

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to attachments to
 utility poles for broadband service

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

 1 Section 1. Section 119-a of the public service law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. With respect to a broadband internet provider that does not
 4 provide regulated telephone service, a pole owner shall not require such
 5 broadband internet provider to obtain a certificate of public conven-
 6 ience and necessity under section ninety-nine of this chapter as a
 7 condition to making attachments to utility poles solely owned or jointly
 8 owned by the pole owner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this
 9 subdivision shall be construed to confer upon a broadband internet
 10 provider that does not provide regulated telephone service any authori-
 11 zation to occupy or use any state or local public right-of-way.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06176-01-5

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