Bill Text: NY A08994 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires wireless communication method service providers disable services to stolen wireless communication methods.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-01 - referred to consumer affairs and protection [A08994 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08994-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8994

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, GLICK, FAHY, WILLIAMS, STIRPE, SHIMSKY,
          WOERNER, BURDICK, SLATER, BEEPHAN, DeSTEFANO, McDONOUGH --  read  once
          and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring wire-
          less communication method service providers disable services to stolen
          wireless communication methods

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.   The general business law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 399-eee to read as follows:
     3    §  399-eee.  Disabling  of  services  to stolen wireless communication
     4  methods. 1. Disabling of wireless  telephone  services.    Whenever  any
     5  person,  firm,  partnership,  association,  limited  liability  company,
     6  corporation, or  other  business  entity  providing  wireless  telephone
     7  services, as such term is defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of
     8  section  twelve hundred twenty-five-c of the vehicle and traffic law, is
     9  notified that a telephone using such business  entity's  wireless  tele-
    10  phone  services  has been stolen, such business entity shall cease wire-
    11  less telephone services to such stolen telephone.
    12    2. Disabling of stolen international  mobile  identification  systems.
    13  Whenever  any  person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability
    14  company, corporation, or other business entity  providing  international
    15  mobile  identification  systems  is  notified  that one of such business
    16  entity's systems has been  stolen,  such  business  entity  shall  cease
    17  services to such stolen system.
    18    3.  Disabling of stolen international mobile equipment identity number
    19  (IMEI). Whenever any person,  firm,  partnership,  association,  limited
    20  liability  company,  corporation,  or  other  business  entity providing
    21  international mobile equipment identity numbers (IMEI) is notified  that
    22  one  of  such  business  entity's numbers has been stolen, such business
    23  entity shall cease services to such stolen number.
    24    4.  Disabling  of  stolen  international  mobile  subscriber  identity
    25  number.    Whenever  any person, firm, partnership, association, limited
    26  liability company,  corporation,  or  other  business  entity  providing

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11814-03-3
        A. 8994                             2

     1  international mobile subscriber identity numbers is notified that one of
     2  such  business  entity's  numbers  has been stolen, such business entity
     3  shall cease services to such stolen number.
     4    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law.