Bill Text: NY S00493 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to responsibility for cable bills after a disconnection or downgrade in service; provides that customers requesting a disconnection or downgrade in service shall only be liable for services incurred up to the date the disconnection or downgrade is effective.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-12 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S00493 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S00493-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 493 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 responsibility for cable bills after a disconnection or downgrade in service The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 224-b of the public service law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. If a customer requests a disconnection from service or a downgrade 4 in service from a cable television company, the customer shall only be 5 liable for services incurred up to such date the disconnection or down- 6 grade is effective. Customers that have paid in advance for the billing 7 period when the disconnection or downgrade occurred shall be entitled 8 to, on a pro rata basis, a refund, or in the event of a downgrade, a 9 billing credit. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02776-01-3
