Assembly Bill A8988

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to directing the study of the future implementation of fifth and future generation wireless network system technology in the state

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A8988 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7179
Law Section:
State Technology
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1, 2 & 3, Chap of 2019 (as proposed in S.1607 & A.1503)

2019-A8988 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the study of the future implementation of fifth and future generation wireless network system technology in the state and specifies which agencies shall conduct such study.

2019-A8988 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8988
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019, relating to directing the
   study of the future implementation  of  fifth  and  future  generation
   wireless  network  system  technology in the state, in relation to the
   agencies which shall conduct such study

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Sections  1,  2  and  3 of a chapter of the laws of 2019,
 relating to directing the study of the future  implementation  of  fifth
 and  future  generation wireless network system technology in the state,
 as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.    1607  and  A.  1503,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   Section  1. The office of information technology services, THE DEPART-
 MENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE, THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE  DIVISION
 OF  HOMELAND  SECURITY  AND  EMERGENCY  SERVICES,  THE DIVISION OF STATE
 POLICE AND THE DIVISION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS  shall  study  and
 evaluate  the  implementation of fifth generation (5G) and future gener-
 ation wireless systems technology in the state.
   § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, [the
 office of information technology services] SUCH AGENCIES shall submit to
 the governor and the legislature a report on 5G technology, as described
 under section one of this act.
   § 3. [The office of information  technology  services]  SUCH  AGENCIES
 shall evaluate such data with the assistance of experts in:
   a. wireless technology;
   b. network capacity;
   c. cyber security; and
   d. internet speed.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, relating to directing the study
 of the future implementation of fifth  and  future  generation  wireless
 network system technology in the state, as proposed in legislative bills
 numbers S. 1607 and A. 1503, takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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