Bill Text: NY S05352 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires cable companies to charge the same rate for the same service to different subscribers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S05352 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05352-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5352 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 29, 2019 ___________ 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 requiring cable companies to charge the same rate for the same service The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 225 of the public service law, as 2 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 3 1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, and by federal law 4 and regulation, the rates charged by a cable television company shall be 5 those specified in the franchise which may establish, or provide for the 6 establishment of reasonable classifications of service and categories of 7 subscribers, or charge different rates for differing services or for 8 subscribers in different categories. No cable television company shall 9 charge a different rate for the same service to different subscribers. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06529-01-9
