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NY A05331
Bill
Status
2/15/2011
Primary Sponsor
Peter Rivera
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AI Summary
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Requires municipalities and licensing authorities to notify residents by first class mail immediately upon receiving or soliciting negotiations for wireless communication facility construction or installation on public housing, senior citizen housing, or nursing home property.
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Mandates written notification include all terms, conditions, and financial provisions of the agreement for constructing or installing the wireless facility.
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Mandates written notification include information about immediate and potential health risks posed by the wireless communication facility.
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Defines wireless communication facility as unstaffed facilities for receiving and transmitting wireless telephone service, including antennas, telecommunications equipment, towers, and poles.
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Takes effect 120 days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Requires each municipality or licensing authority to provide written notification to local residents, of the terms of any agreement providing for the construction and/or installation of a wireless communication facility upon public housing, senior citizen housing or nursing home property, and the potential health risk posed by the operation of such a facility.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
9/4/2012