Senate Bill S9134

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the "broadband deployment assistance act of 2024"

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications 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-S9134 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9818
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 13-E §§300 & 301, Gen Muni L

2023-S9134 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "broadband deployment assistance act"; requires that substantially similar permits for broadband deployment be processed together at the same time and on an expedited basis; defines terms; authorizes municipalities to simultaneously process certain broadband permit applications that are substantially similar.

2023-S9134 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9134 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9134
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 30, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general municipal law, in relation to requiring
   substantially similar permits for broadband deployment to be processed
   together at the same time and on an expedited basis

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "broadband
 deployment assistance act of 2024".
   § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares  that  the
 public's  increased  reliance  on  high-speed  internet access for work,
 telehealth, emergency response, education and commerce demonstrates  the
 need  for  legislation to accelerate the deployment of broadband infras-
 tructure. The length of time it takes for a local jurisdiction to  proc-
 ess  permits  for broadband projects directly impacts the length of time
 it takes before a project can provide high-speed internet service  to  a
 local  community and get people connected. The State's Broadband Equity,
 Access, and Deployment  Program  proposal  identified  streamlining  the
 permitting  process  as  a  critical component in the program's success.
 Consistent with these findings, the measures set forth  in  this  legis-
 lation  will  accelerate  broadband  deployment,  to  the benefit of the
 people of the state.
   The legislature further finds and  declares  that  processing  several
 substantially  similar  broadband  permit  applications at the same time
 will not only allow local governments  to  continue  to  receive  permit
 fees,  but  will  also  enable their staffs to process broadband permits
 more efficiently, as a group, and thus to help bridge the digital divide
 and more quickly connect communities to high-speed internet.  This  will
 allow  the  state  to  make  efficient use of incoming broadband funding
 while creating greater broadband equity among communities so more  indi-
 viduals  can  have  access  to  high-speed internet access for emergency
 response, remote work, telehealth, education and commerce.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14408-02-4
              

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