Assembly Bill A9941

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires disclosure terms relating to prepaid calling cards to be provided in languages other than English and increases fines for violations of disclosure requirements

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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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2013-A9941 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3730
Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §92-f, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A5004, S949
2017-2018: A2508, S3455
2019-2020: A3092, S2065
2021-2022: S1367
2023-2024: S810

2013-A9941 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires disclosure terms relating to pre-paid calling cards to be provided in languages other than English and increases fines for violations of disclosure requirements.

2013-A9941 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9941

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 2, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Ortiz) --
  read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and
  Protection

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring disclo-
  sure  terms  relating  to  prepaid  calling  cards  to  be provided in
  languages other than English and increasing fines  for  violations  of
  disclosure requirements

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

  Section 1. Section 92-f of the public service law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A. A. IF A LANGUAGE OR LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH  IS  USED  ON  A
PREPAID  TELEPHONE  CALLING  CARD,  ITS  PACKAGING,  OR IN POINT OF SALE
ADVERTISING, OR PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL RELATING TO A PREPAID CALLING  CARD
OR  PREPAID  TELEPHONE CALLING SERVICE, ALL DISCLOSURE REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE SAME LANGUAGE
OR  LANGUAGES,  IN  ADDITION  TO  ENGLISH.  ALL  NON-ENGLISH  DISCLOSURE
PROVISIONS  SHALL BE CLEARLY PRINTED IN A CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS LOCATION
ON THE CALLING CARD ITSELF, OR IF THE CALLING CARD IS PACKAGED IN OPAQUE
PACKING, ON THE PACKAGING.
  B. AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "PROMOTIONAL  MATERIAL"  INCLUDES  ALL
MATERIALS PREPARED BY THE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES PREPAID CALLING SERVICES
THROUGH  PREPAID  CALLING  CARDS  AND  ANY  SIGNS  FOR DISPLAY BY RETAIL
MERCHANTS OR ANY OTHER PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL  THAT  IS  PREPARED  AT  THE
DIRECTION OF THE PREPAID CALLING SERVICE.
  C.  IF  THE  CALLING CARD IS PURCHASED ON THE INTERNET, THE DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE DISPLAYED IN A CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS  LOCATION  ON
THE  WEBSITE  THROUGH  WHICH  THE  CALLING  CARD IS PURCHASED, INCLUDING
INSTRUCTIONS AND DIRECTIONS TO ANY LINK WITH SUCH DISCLOSURES, PRIOR  TO
PURCHASING THE SERVICES.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 92-f of the public service law, as added
by chapter 651 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00472-01-3

              

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