Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Feb 02, 2009 |
referred to housing |
Assembly Bill A4256
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
COLTON
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Rory Lancman
Audrey Pheffer
Nelson Castro
Thomas Alfano
multi-Sponsors
Deborah Glick
Dov Hikind
Grace Meng
Joan Millman
2009-A4256 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A4256 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires landlords to hold a public forum with tenants prior to contracting with cell phone carriers to mount cell phone towers on residential buildings; requires school districts to provide parents and school faculty with written notification of cell phone towers being mounted onto school facilities.
2009-A4256 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4256 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 2, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, LANCMAN, PHEFFER, CASTRO, ALFANO, KOLB, TOBACCO, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, HIKIND, MENG, SCHIMEL, TOWNS, WEISENBERG, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Housing AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to requiring land- lords to hold a public forum with tenants prior to contracting with cell phone service carriers to mount cell phone towers on residential buildings; and to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school districts to provide parents and school faculty with written notification of cell phone towers being mounted onto school facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The real property law is amended by adding a new section 238-a to read as follows: S 238-A. DUTY OF LANDLORD TO HOLD A PUBLIC FORUM PRIOR TO MOUNTING CELLULAR PHONE TOWERS ONTO RESIDENTIAL BUILDING STRUCTURES. 1. THE TERMS "CELLULAR PHONE TOWER", "CELLULAR PHONE ANTENNA" AND "BASE STATION" AS USED IN THIS SECTION SHALL MEAN A STRUCTURE CONSISTING OF RADIOS, COMPUTERIZED SWITCHING EQUIPMENT, AND ANTENNAS THAT RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS WHICH FACILITATE CELLULAR PHONE TRANS- MISSION AND RECEPTION. 2. A LANDLORD SHALL BE REQUIRED TO HOLD A PUBLIC FORUM WITH HIS OR HER TENANTS PRIOR TO CONTRACTING WITH A CELL PHONE SERVICE CARRIER TO MOUNT A CELL PHONE TOWER, CELL PHONE ANTENNA OR BASE STATION ONTO THE RESIDEN- TIAL BUILDING STRUCTURE. 3. A LANDLORD WHO VIOLATES SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTIES THAT MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY LAW, TO A CIVIL PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH DAY THAT PASSES AFTER A BUILDING PERMIT HAS BEEN APPROVED TO BUILD A CELLULAR PHONE TOWER, CELLULAR PHONE ANTENNA OR BASE STATION, TO BE MOUNTED ONTO A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING STRUCTURE WITHOUT PROPER NOTIFICATION TO TENANTS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03520-02-9
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