Assembly Bill A7214A

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Facilitates access to telephone providers to deliver fiber-based services

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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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2021-A7214 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5868
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §104, Pub Serv L

2021-A7214 - Summary

Facilitates access to telephone providers to deliver fiber-based services; permits telephone corporations to replace or supplement a telephone line or portion of a line with fiber optic facilities for purposes of providing any telephone, broadband, cable or other video service that the telephone corporation or its affiliate may lawfully provide.

2021-A7214 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7214
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DE LA ROSA  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service  law,  in  relation  to  facilitating
   access to telephone providers to deliver fiber-based services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 104 to read as follows:
   §  104.  FIBER-BASED SERVICES. 1. WHERE A TELEPHONE LINE, AS SUCH TERM
 IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, OR  A
 PORTION  OF  A TELEPHONE LINE, HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN PLACED BY A TELEPHONE
 CORPORATION IN OR ON A BUILDING OR OTHER PROPERTY OF AN OWNER OTHER THAN
 THE TELEPHONE CORPORATION AND REMAINS IN PLACE IN OR ON SUCH BUILDING OR
 OTHER PROPERTY, THE TELEPHONE CORPORATION MAY,  WITHOUT  ANY  ADDITIONAL
 COMPENSATION  TO THE OWNER, REPLACE OR SUPPLEMENT THE LINE OR PORTION OF
 SUCH LINE WITH FIBER OPTIC FACILITIES  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  PROVIDING  ANY
 TELEPHONE,  BROADBAND,  CABLE  OR OTHER VIDEO SERVICE THAT THE TELEPHONE
 CORPORATION OR ITS AFFILIATE MAY LAWFULLY  PROVIDE,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE
 PROVISION  OF  SUCH  SERVICES OVER THOSE FACILITIES DOES NOT RESULT IN A
 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE PHYSICAL SIZE OF THE  FACILITIES  PLACED  AT
 THOSE LOCATIONS.
   2. IF THE OWNER WOULD BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR SUCH REPLACEMENT
 UNDER EXISTING LAW, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY MAY SEEK SUCH COMPENSATION
 UNDER THE MECHANISM AND PURSUANT TO THE SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL RULES
 UTILIZED  BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR RESOLVING CLAIMS FOR JUST
 COMPENSATION UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, BUT
 THE PENDENCY OF SUCH PROCEEDINGS SHALL NOT AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE TELE-
 PHONE COMPANY TO MAKE THE REPLACEMENT OR SUPPLEMENTATION  AUTHORIZED  BY
 THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2021-A7214A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5868
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §104, Pub Serv L

2021-A7214A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Facilitates access to telephone providers to deliver fiber-based services; permits telephone corporations to replace or supplement a telephone line or portion of a line with fiber optic facilities for purposes of providing any telephone, broadband, cable or other video service that the telephone corporation or its affiliate may lawfully provide.

2021-A7214A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7214--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DE LA ROSA, JEAN-PIERRE, KELLES, THIELE, PAULIN,
   RICHARDSON, TANNOUSIS -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on
   Corporations,  Authorities and Commissions -- reported and referred to
   the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public service law, in relation to facilitating
   access to telephone providers to deliver fiber-based services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 104 to read as follows:
   § 104. FIBER-BASED SERVICES. 1. WHERE A TELEPHONE LINE, AS  SUCH  TERM
 IS  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, OR A
 PORTION OF A TELEPHONE LINE, HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN PLACED BY  A  TELEPHONE
 CORPORATION IN OR ON A BUILDING OR OTHER PROPERTY OF AN OWNER OTHER THAN
 THE TELEPHONE CORPORATION AND REMAINS IN PLACE IN OR ON SUCH BUILDING OR
 OTHER  PROPERTY,  THE  TELEPHONE CORPORATION MAY, WITHOUT ANY ADDITIONAL
 COMPENSATION TO THE OWNER, REPLACE OR SUPPLEMENT THE LINE OR PORTION  OF
 SUCH  LINE  WITH  FIBER  OPTIC  FACILITIES FOR PURPOSES OF PROVIDING ANY
 TELEPHONE, BROADBAND, CABLE OR OTHER VIDEO SERVICE  THAT  THE  TELEPHONE
 CORPORATION  OR  ITS  AFFILIATE  MAY LAWFULLY PROVIDE, PROVIDED THAT THE
 PROVISION OF SUCH SERVICES OVER THOSE FACILITIES DOES NOT  RESULT  IN  A
 SIGNIFICANT  INCREASE  IN  THE PHYSICAL SIZE OF THE FACILITIES PLACED AT
 THOSE LOCATIONS.
   2. IF THE OWNER WOULD BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR SUCH REPLACEMENT
 UNDER EXISTING LAW, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY MAY SEEK SUCH COMPENSATION
 UNDER THE MECHANISM AND PURSUANT TO THE SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL RULES
 UTILIZED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION FOR RESOLVING CLAIMS FOR  JUST
 COMPENSATION UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, BUT
 THE PENDENCY OF SUCH PROCEEDINGS SHALL NOT AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE TELE-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10543-03-1

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