Assembly Bill A2508

2017-2018 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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2017-A2508 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3455
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:
2013-2014: A9941, S3730
2015-2016: A5004, S949
2019-2020: A3092, S2065
2021-2022: S1367
2023-2024: S810

2017-A2508 (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.

2017-A2508 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2508
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by 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.
   § 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.
              

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