Bill Text: NY A00371 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires telemarketers to transmit to consumers the correct caller identification information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-28 - substituted by s977 [A00371 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00371-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           371
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring tele-
          marketers to transmit to consumers the correct  caller  identification
          information
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 399-z of  the  general  business
     2  law,  as  added  by  a  chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the general
     3  business law, relating to the transmission of caller  identification  to
     4  consumers,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.6809-B  and
     5  A.9457-A, is amended to read as follows:
     6    2-a. It shall be unlawful for any telemarketer or seller to  knowingly
     7  cause any caller identification service to [knowingly] transmit mislead-
     8  ing,  inaccurate,  or  false caller identification information, provided
     9  that it shall not be a violation to substitute (for the name  and  phone
    10  number  used  in,  or billed for, making the call) the name or telephone
    11  number of the person or seller on behalf of which a  telemarketing  call
    12  is placed.
    13    § 2. Subdivision 7-a of section 399-pp of the general business law, as
    14  added  by  a  chapter  of the laws of 2016 amending the general business
    15  law, relating to the transmission of caller identification to consumers,
    16  as proposed in  legislative  bills  numbers  S.6809-B  and  A.9457-A  is
    17  amended to read as follows:
    18    7-a.  Unlawful  transmission of certain caller identification informa-
    19  tion. It shall be unlawful for any telemarketer or seller  to  knowingly
    20  cause any caller identification service to [knowingly] transmit mislead-
    21  ing,  inaccurate,  or  false caller identification information, provided
    22  that it shall not be a violation to substitute (for the name  and  phone
    23  number  used  in,  or billed for, making the call) the name or telephone
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  number of the person or seller on behalf of which a  telemarketing  call
     2  is placed.
     3    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
     4  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending  the  general  business
     5  law, relating to the transmission of caller identification to consumers,
     6  as  proposed  in  legislative bills numbers S.6809-B and A.9457-A, takes
     7  effect.