Senate Bill S8406

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires municipalities to test the quality of their public internet service

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

  • 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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2023-S8406 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-yy, Gen Muni L

2023-S8406 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires municipalities to test the quality of their public internet service including the average range, speed, effectiveness and security; requires each municipal corporation to annually post the results of such testing on its website and to include information on internet safety and security including how members of the public can protect themselves when using publicly available internet services.

2023-S8406 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8406 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8406
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   municipalities to test the quality of their public internet service
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 99-yy to read as follows:
   §  99-YY.  PUBLIC  INTERNET SERVICE; TESTING. 1. EACH MUNICIPAL CORPO-
 RATION THAT OFFERS THE PUBLIC THE  ABILITY  TO  USE  THEIR  COMPUTER  OR
 MOBILE  DEVICES  FOR  INTERNET  ACCESS  AT ANY OF ITS BUILDINGS OR OTHER
 PUBLIC SPACES SHALL ANNUALLY TEST THE QUALITY OF SUCH  INTERNET  SERVICE
 INCLUDING THE AVERAGE RANGE, SPEED, EFFECTIVENESS AND SECURITY.
    2.  WITHIN  SIXTY  DAYS  OF THE COMPLETION OF THE TESTING REQUIRED IN
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION  SHALL  POST
 THE  RESULTS  OF  SUCH  TESTING ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE. SUCH POST SHALL
 ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON INTERNET SAFETY AND SECURITY  INCLUDING  HOW
 MEMBERS  OF THE PUBLIC CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES WHEN USING PUBLICLY AVAIL-
 ABLE INTERNET SERVICES. EACH COUNTY SHALL NOTIFY EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN  ITS
 JURISDICTION  BY MAIL OF THE ANNUAL POSTING OF TEST RESULTS AND WHERE TO
 ACCESS SUCH INFORMATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14259-01-4

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