Bill Text: NY S00051 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the imposition of additional charges for unlisted telephone numbers or private numbers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S00051 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00051-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          51
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
         cations
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  service law, in relation to prohibiting
         certain additional charges for unlisted telephone numbers
         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  92-g to read as follows:
    3    S 92-G.  TELEPHONE  SERVICE;  CHARGES.  NO  TELEPHONE  CORPORATION  OR
    4  PROVIDER OR ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION ACTING AS AN AGENT OR REPRE-
    5  SENTATIVE  OF A TELEPHONE CORPORATION OR PROVIDER SHALL IMPOSE ANY ADDI-
    6  TIONAL CHARGE FOR UNLISTED TELEPHONE NUMBERS OVER AND ABOVE THE  CUSTOM-
    7  ARY CHARGES IMPOSED BY THAT TELEPHONE CORPORATION OR PROVIDER FOR LISTED
    8  TELEPHONE  NUMBERS, NOR SHOULD ANY FEE BE ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING PRIVATE
    9  A TELEPHONE NUMBER THAT IS PUBLIC.   IN  CONSTRUING  AND  ENFORCING  THE
   10  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SECTION, THE ACT OF ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION
   11  ACTING AS AN AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF A TELEPHONE CORPORATION SHALL BE
   12  DEEMED TO BE THE ACT OF SUCH TELEPHONE CORPORATION.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   14  have  become  a  law;  provided  that  the  public service commission is
   15  authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take  any
   16  other  measures  necessary  to  implement section one of this act on its
   17  effective date on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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