Senate Bill S2511

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires charges for telephone calls based on duration, whether over lines or by cellular, to be charged and prorated by the second basis

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S2511 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4753
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง91 & 92-c, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5226
2013-2014: S577, A2133
2015-2016: S2425, A4978
2017-2018: S2671, A2911
2019-2020: S1282
2021-2022: S1248
2023-2024: S174

2011-S2511 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires charges for telephone calls based on duration, whether over lines or by cellular, to be charged and prorated by the second; applies to all service providers; authorizes the public service commission to promulgate rules and regulations.

2011-S2511 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2511 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2511

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 24, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 charges for tele-
  phone service on a by the second basis

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 91 of the public service  law,  as
added by chapter 673 of the laws of 1910, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  Every  telegraph corporation and every telephone corporation shall
furnish and provide with respect to its business such  instrumentalities
and facilities as shall be adequate and in all respects just and reason-
able. All charges made or demanded by any telegraph corporation or tele-
phone  corporation  for  any  service  rendered  or  to  be  rendered in
connection therewith shall be just and  reasonable  and  not  more  than
allowed  by law or by order of the commission. EVERY CHARGE FOR TELECOM-
MUNICATIONS SERVICE, WHETHER BY MEANS OF A TELEPHONE LINE OR BY MEANS OF
CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATION, MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE DURATION  OF  THE
COMMUNICATION  SHALL BE CHARGED AND PRORATED BY THE SECOND. Every unjust
or unreasonable charge made or demanded  for  any  such  service  or  in
connection  therewith or in excess of that allowed by law or by order of
the commission is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
  S 2. The section heading of section 92-c of the public service law, as
added by chapter 697 of the laws of 1990, is amended, subdivision  1  is
amended  by adding a new paragraph (c) and a new subdivision 12 is added
to read as follows:
  Customer service  requirements  for  AGGREGATORS,  alternate  operator
service providers and COCOT service providers.
  (C) THE TERM "AGGREGATOR" MEANS ANY HOTEL, MOTEL, INNKEEPER, SCHOOL OR
HOSPITAL  WHICH IS NOT A TELEGRAPH CORPORATION OR TELEPHONE CORPORATION,
WHICH, IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS, MAKES  AVAILABLE  FOR  PUBLIC

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05775-01-1
              

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