New York S 1339: Authorizes broadband franchises in cities with a population of one million or more

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S01339 Summary:

BILL NOS01339 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07110

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §27, Transp Corps L; add §99-a, Pub Serv L

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Authorizes broadband franchises in cities with a population of one million or more.

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BILL NOS01339 

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1339

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the transportation corporations law and the public
 service law, in relation to authorizing broadband franchises in cities
 with a population of one million or more

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

 1 Section 1. Section 27 of the transportation corporations law, as
 2 amended by chapter 840 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 § 27. Construction of lines. 1. Any such corporation may erect,
 5 construct and maintain the necessary fixtures for its lines upon, over
 6 or under any of the public roads, streets and highways; and through,
 7 across or under any of the waters within the limits of this state, and
 8 may erect, construct and maintain its necessary stations, plants, equip-
 9 ment or lines upon, through or over any other land, subject to the right
 10 of the owners thereof to full compensation for the same. If any such
 11 corporation can not agree with such owner or owners upon the compen-
 12 sation to be paid therefor, such compensation shall be ascertained in
 13 the manner provided in the eminent domain procedure law. Any such corpo-
 14 ration is authorized, from time to time, to construct and lay lines of
 15 electrical conductors under ground in any city, village or town within
 16 the limits of this state, subject to all the provisions of law in refer-
 17 ence to such companies not inconsistent with this section; provided that
 18 such corporation shall, before laying any such line in any city, village
 19 or town of this state, first obtain from the common council of cities,
 20 or other body having like jurisdiction therein, the trustees of
 21 villages, or the town superintendents of towns, permission to use the
 22 streets within such city, village or town for the purposes herein set
 23 forth. Nothing in this section shall limit, alter, or affect the
 24 provisions or powers relating or granted to telegraph corporations here-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01250-01-5

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 1 tofore created by special act of the legislature of this state, except
 2 in so far as to confer on any such corporation the right to lay elec-
 3 trical conductors under ground.
 4 2. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section,
 5 compensation to cities with a population of one million or more for use
 6 and occupancy of public rights-of-way by lines of any such corporation
 7 (whether of electrical conductors or telecommunications lines which are
 8 not conductors, such as fiber optic lines) heretofore or hereafter
 9 located within such cities shall equal the amount set forth in subdivi-
 10 sion three of section ninety-nine-a of the public service law, except
 11 that with respect to any such city and corporation that enters into a
 12 franchise agreement in accordance with the terms of such city's charter
 13 regarding franchise agreements such compensation shall be as provided in
 14 such franchise agreement during the term of such franchise agreement.
 15 (b) To the extent that any entity holds rights preexisting the effec-
 16 tive date of paragraph (a) of this subdivision with respect to the occu-
 17 pancy of public rights-of-way for certain lines of electrical conduc-
 18 tors, and to the extent such preexisting rights would bar the
 19 application of paragraph (a) of this subdivision to such lines, then