New York S 7456: Authorizes the creation of broadband union districts

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S07456 Summary:

BILL NOS07456 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08185

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SPONSORMAY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 17-B §§795 - 795-n, Gen Muni L

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Authorizes two or more contiguous municipalities to create a broadband union district for the creation, administration, and maintenance of broadband infrastructure and services within such district; provides for governance, funding, powers, limitations, and related provisions for broadband union districts.

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BILL NOS07456 

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04/16/2025REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

01/07/2026REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7456

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
 the creation of broadband union districts

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

 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new arti-
 2 cle 17-B to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 17-B
 4 BROADBAND UNION DISTRICTS
 5 Section 795. Definitions.
 6 795-a. Formation; duration; non-contestability.
 7 795-b. Governing board; bylaws.
 8 795-c. District officers.
 9 795-d. District powers.
 10 795-e. Limitations.
 11 795-f. Insurance; liability.
 12 795-g. Financial operations and accountability.
 13 795-h. Effect of other agreements.
 14 795-i. State assistance.
 15 795-j. Admission of district members.
 16 795-k. Withdrawal of district members.
 17 795-l. Dissolution.
 18 795-m. Severability.
 19 795-n. Liberal construction.
 20 § 795. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
 21 terms shall have the following meanings:
 22 1. "Broadband union district" or "district" means a multi-municipality
 23 district created under this article, comprising of the territory of its
 24 member municipalities.
 25 2. "Municipality" means any county, city, town, or village.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11681-01-5

 S. 7456 2

 1 3. "Broadband infrastructure" means any and all parts of any broadband
 2 system owned by a broadband union district, whether using wires, cables,
 3 fiber optics, wireless, other technologies, or a combination thereof,
 4 and used for the purpose of transporting or storing information, in
 5 whatever forms, directions, and media, together with any improvements
 6 constructed or acquired later, and all other facilities, equipment, and
 7 appurtenances necessary or appropriate to such system. Provided, howev-
 8 er, that the term "broadband infrastructure" and any regulatory impli-
 9 cations or any restrictions under this article regarding such shall not
 10 apply to facilities or portions of any communications or broadband
 11 facilities intended for use by, and solely used by, a district member
 12 and its own officers and employees in the operation of municipal depart-
 13 ments or systems of which such broadband facilities are merely an ancil-
 14 lary component.
 15 4. "District member" or "member municipality" means a municipality
 16 that has elected to join a broadband union district under this article.
 17 5. "Governing board" or "board" means the governing board of a broad-
 18 band union district as established pursuant to section seven hundred
 19 ninety-five-b of this article.
 20 6. "Board member" means a member of a district's governing board
 21 appointed pursuant to section seven hundred ninety-five-b of this arti-
 22 cle.
 23 7. "District officer" or "officer" means an officer of a district
 24 appointed pursuant to section seven hundred ninety-five-c of this arti-
 25 cle.
 26 § 795-a. Formation; duration; non-contestability. 1. The governing
 27 bodies of any two or more municipalities hereby authorized to form a
 28 broadband union district for the creation, maintenance and adminis-
 29 tration of broadband infrastructure and delivery