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A08134 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A8134
 
SPONSOR: Smullen

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
establishing the New York state rural mobile communications fund
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
To create The New York State Rural Communications Fund for the purpose
of assisting rural New York with funding needed to increase cellular
service in low to no coverage areas.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 amends section 186-f of New York State Tax Law by requiring
forty-one and seven-tenths of the revenues collected and received under
this section into the New York state rural mobile communications fund.
 
  Section  2  amends  New  York Sate Finance Law by adding a new section
establishing the New York state  rural  mobile  communications  fund  in
joint  custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the comp-
troller. Such fund shall consist of all revenues  received  pursuant  to
Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 186-f of the tax law. Requires
funds deposited to be used for the purpose of providing rural areas with
grants for the purpose of increasing cellular service in low- to no-cov-
erage  areas.  Priority  shall be given to applicants in rural areas who
can identify public safety concerns  resulting  from  lack  of  cellular
service.
 
  Section 3 provides the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Across  rural  New  York, many residents are left with little to no cell
phone coverage due to lack of funding and accessibility. This bill would
ensure that these New Yorkers are provided with the necessary  financial
help  in  order to deliver cellular coverage to those in rural areas and
help to avoid certain public safety concerns due to lack of coverage.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New bill.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
 
To be determined.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January

A08134 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8134
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    October 13, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Ways and Means
 
        AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
          establishing the New York state rural mobile communications fund
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 of section 186-f of the  tax
     2  law,  as added by section 3 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2009,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) forty-one and seven-tenths of the revenues collected and  received
     5  under  this section into the [state general] New York state rural mobile
     6  communications fund established pursuant to  section  ninety-nine-rr  of
     7  the state finance law; and
     8    § 2. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-rr to
     9  read as follows:
    10    §  99-rr.  New York state rural mobile communications fund. 1.  Estab-
    11  lishment of the fund. There is hereby established in the  joint  custody
    12  of  the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a
    13  special fund to be known as the New York  state  rural  mobile  communi-
    14  cations  fund.  Moneys  in  this  account shall be kept separate and not
    15  commingled with any other moneys in the custody of the comptroller.
    16    2. Source of funds. The sum equal to the amount  identified  in  para-
    17  graph (a) of subdivision five of section one hundred eighty-six-f of the
    18  tax law shall be credited to the fund.
    19    3.  Use of funds. Such moneys shall be used for the purpose of provid-
    20  ing rural areas, as defined in subdivision eight of section two  hundred
    21  sixty  of  the agriculture and markets law, in the state with grants for
    22  the purpose of increasing cellular service in low- to no-coverage areas.
    23  Priority shall be given to applicants in rural areas  who  can  identify
    24  public safety concerns resulting from lack of cellular service.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13377-01-3
        A. 8134                             2
 
     1    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
     2  ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediate-
     3  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
     4  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
     5  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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