NY State Senate Bill 2015-S6281

Senate Bill S6281

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to conducting a study on various approaches to increasing broadband access within this state

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2015-S6281 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S5004
2019-2020: S2202
2021-2022: S3364
2023-2024: S1279

2015-S6281 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to conducting a study on various approaches to increasing broadband access within this state.

2015-S6281 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6281

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to require the public service commission to undertake a study
on various approaches to increasing broadband access within this
state; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof

 PURPOSE :

Relates to conducting a study on various approaches to increasing
broadband access within this state

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Requires the public service commission, within 30 days of the
effective date, to undertake a study on various ways in which New York
can increase broadband access, including a study of current broadband
access, policies adopted by other states to increase access, and the
feasibility of such policies in New York.  The final report shall be
issues no more than 180 days after the effective date and this act
shall be deemed expired and shall be repealed one year after the
effective date.

 EXISTING LAW :

New

 JUSTIFICATION :

Access to high speed internet is a critical issue in the 21st century.
Accessing high speed internet gives individuals a leg up in
educational and employment opportunities around the world. In general,
the United States has lagged behind other industrial nations in the
development of higher broadband speed, yet New Yorkers pay an average
of $55 per month for broadband compared to $24 a month in London or
$28 a month in Seoul.

Other states, such as Connecticut and Massachusetts, have focused
closely on ways in which the state can leverage its resources to
expand broadband access and increase broadband speeds, including the
use of public-private partnerships in laying cable and reducing
regulatory burdens. This legislation will require the Public Service
Commission to issue a report on various state reforms across the
country and shall lead to tangible recommendations for action New York
can take to increase access and general broadband speeds throughout
the state.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Some minor administrative costs to the Public Service Commission.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately and shall be deemed expired one year after the effective
date.

2015-S6281 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6281

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT to require the public service commission to undertake a study on
  various approaches to increasing broadband access within  this  state;
  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
  of

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The public service commission shall, within thirty days  of
the  effective date of this act, undertake a study on various approaches
to increasing broadband access within this  state.  The  public  service
commission  shall  study and make determinations on issues including but
not limited to:  (i)  current  broadband  capacity  within  this  state,
including  average  internet  access  speeds  statewide  and  in various
regions of the state; (ii) regulatory and statutory barriers to  improv-
ing  broadband  speeds; (iii) comparative state policies that have aided
the increase in broadband speeds in other states, and whether such meas-
ures would be similarly effective in this state; (iv) whether the use of
public-private partnerships would aid in the goal of  increasing  broad-
band speeds, and whether relevant businesses would be open to such part-
nerships;  and (v) best practices recommended within the National Broad-
band Plan issued by the Federal Communications  Commission  and  whether
the  public  service commission can readily adopt and put into place any
such recommendations.
  S 2. The public service commission may conduct any  hearings  or  take
any  written testimony as it deems necessary in order to aid such study,
and shall take all other steps necessary to provide a thorough  analysis
of  all  issues  related to the provisions listed in section one of this
act.
  S 3. The public service commission shall issue  its  final  report  no
later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this act.
The commission shall issue its final report to the governor, the speaker

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13329-01-5

S. 6281                             2

of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, and the chair of
the  assembly committee on energy and the senate committee on energy and
telecommunications, and post a copy of such report on its website.
  S  4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire one year
after the day on which this act shall have become a law.

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