Bill Text: NY A07815 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2014.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A07815 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A07815-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7815 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 24, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KELLNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 231 to read as follows: 3 S 231. ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOXES. 1. NO LATER THAN JULY FIRST, TWO 4 THOUSAND FOURTEEN, ALL SET TOP BOXES PROVIDED BY CABLE, SATELLITE, TELE- 5 COM OR INTERNET PROTOCOL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CONSUMERS LOCATED IN THE 6 STATE SHALL COMPLY WITH FEDERAL ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOX PRODUCT SPECIFI- 7 CATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 8 AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 9 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "ENERGY STAR" MEANS A DESIG- 10 NATION FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR DEPART- 11 MENT OF ENERGY INDICATING THAT A PRODUCT MEETS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY 12 STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE AGENCY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE ENERGY STAR 13 PROGRAM; AND 14 (B) "SET TOP BOX" MEANS A CABLE, SATELLITE, TELECOM OR INTERNET PROTO- 15 COL OR OTHER DEVICE, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF WHICH IS TO RECEIVE TELE- 16 VISION SIGNALS FROM A SPECIFIC SOURCE AND TRANSMIT OR DELIVER SUCH 17 SIGNALS TO A CONSUMER DISPLAY AND/OR RECORDING DEVICE. 18 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 19 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11189-02-9