NY State Senate Bill 2019-S111

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020	referred to finance
Jun 20, 2019	committed to rules
Apr 29, 2019	advanced to third reading
Apr 10, 2019	2nd report cal.
Apr 09, 2019	1st report cal.419
Jan 09, 2019	referred to finance

Votes

- Apr 9, 2019 - Finance Committee Vote
  S111
  
  23
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Finance Committee Vote: Apr 9, 2019
      
      aye (23)
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Thomas

co-Sponsors

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Executive
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S8286

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires financial reports from the New York state broadband program office which detail expenditures of state and federal funds from the inception of the program and annually.

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S111

SPONSOR: ORTT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to require financial reports from the New York state broadband
program office

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

To ensure transparency and accountability in the New York broadband
program by obtaining a comprehensive report on how the monies allocated
by the legislature and the FCC were

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 requires the New York state broadband office to produce a
report on how it has spent monies between the date the broadband program
was created and the effective date. Section 1 establishes mandatory
components of the report.

Section 2 requires the New York state broadband office to produce a
similar report annually through 2021.

Section 3 requires that the report he sent to certain persons.

Section 4 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As part of the FY 2015-2016 Capital Projects budget, $500 million was
allocated for the creation of the "New NY Broadband Initiative."  Legis-
lators voted for this protocol with the understanding that the money
would bring high-speed broadband internet to all New Yorkers, as
declared by Governor Cuomo.

On top of the money secured by the legislature, New -York State also
obtained $170 million for this program from the FCC's Connect America
Fund.

However, the program is not currently meeting its goals. Many New York-
ers are now being told they will only receive slow, unreliable satellite
internet.

Those who will actually receive the high-speed broadband they were prom-
ised won't get it until 2020.

The state and federal governments have invested a. considerable amount
of money into this program, but New Yorkers are not getting the results
they were promised.

In the interest of transparency and accountability, the broadband
program office needs to publicly show how they've spent the taxpayers
dollars.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S. 8286 of 2018 Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    111
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN ACT to require financial reports from the New  York  state  broadband
   program office

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The New York state broadband office shall produce a written
 "look back" report on all expenditures between April 13,  2015  and  the
 effective  date  of this act. The report shall state in clear detail how
 the broadband office has used the $500,000,000 allocated for the New  NY
 Broadband  Initiative  in  the  FY2015-2016  Capital Projects Budget, in
 addition to the $170,000,000 obtained  from  the  Federal  Communication
 Commission's Connect America Fund.
   The report shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a)  the  total  amount of public funds committed and expended by this
 program;
   (b) the total amount of private funds committed and expended  by  this
 program;
   (c)  the  location  of  each  area  receiving  investments  under this
 program, including zip+4 codes;
   (d) planned future investments by both public and private parties; and
   (e) other information as the broadband office deems appropriate.
   The report required under this section shall  be  published  no  later
 than 180 days after the effective date of this act.
   §  2. On an annual basis, the broadband office shall produce a written
 report on all expenditures of the previous twelve  months.  This  report
 shall contain the same criteria as the look back report. The first annu-
 al report shall be published no later than one year after the publishing
 of the initial look back report required by section one of this act, and
 shall continue through January 1, 2022.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02853-01-9

 S. 111                              2
 
   § 3. The look back report and annual reports shall be posted conspicu-
 ously  on  the  broadband  office's website. Additionally, a copy of the
 report shall be sent to the:
   (a) Temporary President of the Senate;
   (b) Speaker of the Assembly;
   (c) Chair of the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee; and
   (d) Chair of the Assembly Energy Committee.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S111

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

Apr 9, 2019 - Finance Committee Vote

Finance Committee Vote: Apr 9, 2019

co-Sponsors

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Robert G. Ortt

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

co-Sponsors

Pamela Helming

Betty Little

James L. Seward

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S111 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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