New York A 1282: Relating to state government integrity

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A01282 Summary:

BILL NOA01282 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSRWoerner

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §10, Hway L; amd §16-gg, UDC Act

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Provides that the department of transportation shall not require a survey from any fiber optic utility for permitting or continuance of the use and occupancy of a state right of way for the purposes of installing, modifying, relocating, repairing, operating, or maintaining fiber optic facilities, under certain circumstances.

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BILL NOA01282 

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01/09/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1282

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to when surveys may be
 required for fiber optics by the department of transportation; and to
 amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
 relation to the powers and duties of the division of broadband access

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

 1 Section 1. Section 10 of the highway law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 24-e to read as follows:
 3 24-e. The commissioner shall not require a survey from any fiber optic
 4 utility for permitting or continuance of the use and occupancy of a
 5 state right of way for the purposes of installing, modifying, relocat-
 6 ing, repairing, operating, or maintaining fiber optic facilities where a
 7 survey of the state right of way has already been conducted for,
 8 received by, or is otherwise accessible to, the state department of
 9 transportation provided there have been no material changes to the right
 10 of way since such survey, or when such use and occupancy of the state
 11 right of way is utilizing existing infrastructure sited in the same
 12 location as the existing facilities, including but not limited to aerial
 13 pole attachments and underground conduits. Notwithstanding the require-
 14 ments of this section or any other law, the commissioner may not require
 15 any such survey of the state right of way for any fiber optic deployment
 16 project receiving funding from the division of broadband access estab-
 17 lished pursuant to section 16-gg of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws
 18 of 1968, as added by section 2 of part MMM of chapter 58 of the laws of
 19 2022.
 20 § 2. Subdivision 4, paragraph (f) of subdivision 6, and paragraph (b)
 21 of subdivision 13 of section 16-gg of section 1 of chapter 174 of the
 22 laws of 1968, constituting the New York state urban development corpo-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03923-01-5

 A. 1282 2

 1 ration act, as added by section 2 of part MMM of chapter 58 of the laws
 2 of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
 3 4. Powers and duties of the division of broadband [development]
 4 access. The division shall have the power and duty to:
 5 (a) Coordinate the activities of all state agencies performing func-
 6 tions affecting access to high-speed, reliable, and affordable broad-
 7 band.
 8 (b) Conduct research and analyses of matters affecting access to high-
 9 speed, reliable, and affordable broadband.
 10 (c) Advise and make recommendations to the commissioner on matters
 11 affecting access to high-speed, reliable, and affordable broadband.
 12 (d) Provide advisory assistance to municipalities, state and local
 13 authorities, and other entities to expand access to high-speed, reli-
 14 able, and affordable broadband.
 15 (e) Establish and implement programs, including grant programs, to
 16 expand access to high-speed, reliable, and affordable broadband, includ-
 17 ing but not limited to: programs to improve broadband access at unserved
 18 and underserved locations; programs to deploy broadband infrastructure
 19 owned or managed by municipalities, state and local authorities, enti-
 20 ties