Senate Bill S3096

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires telephone companies to provide essential equipment, including voice dialing equipment, to persons with disabilities

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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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2009-S3096 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3730
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-zz-1, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S298, A2226
2013-2014: S863, A671
2015-2016: S467
2017-2018: S4926

2009-S3096 - Summary

Requires telephone companies to provide essential equipment, including voice dialing equipment, to persons with disabilities.

2009-S3096 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3096 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3096

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  DIAZ, ADAMS, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, MONSERRATE,
  PARKER, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
  be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to  providing  tele-
  phone  equipment  with  the  capability  of  voice  dialing to certain
  persons with disabilities

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

  Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 92 of the public
service law, as amended by chapter 517 of the laws of 1996,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  (a)  No  change  shall be made in any rate, charge or rental, or joint
rate, charge or rental applicable to regulated basic services,  switched
carrier  access  services,  charges  for  interconnection  between local
exchange carriers, and toll services within a local access and transport
area which shall have been filed by a telegraph corporation or telephone
corporation hereinafter in this subdivision called a utility in  compli-
ance  with this chapter, except after thirty days' notice to the commis-
sion and to each county, city, town and village served by  such  utility
which  had  filed  with  such  utility  within the prior twelve months a
request for such notice and shall be affected by such change and  publi-
cation  of  a  notice to the public of such proposed change once in each
week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation
in each county containing territory affected by the proposed change.  No
other change shall be made in any rate, charge or rental, or joint rate,
charge  or  rental  filed  by a utility, except after ten business days'
notice to the commission and publication of  one  notice  at  least  ten
business  days  prior to the effective date of the change in a newspaper
of general circulation in each county affected by the  proposed  change.
Such  notices shall plainly state the changes proposed and the time when
they go into effect. For the purpose of this paragraph, "regulated basic

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03912-01-9
              

co-Sponsors

2009-S3096A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3730
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-zz-1, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S298, A2226
2013-2014: S863, A671
2015-2016: S467
2017-2018: S4926

2009-S3096A - Summary

Requires telephone companies to provide essential equipment, including voice dialing equipment, to persons with disabilities.

2009-S3096A - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3096A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3096--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. DIAZ, ADAMS, DILAN, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KLEIN,
  MONSERRATE, PARKER, SAMPSON -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,  and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
  nications  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to providing tele-
  phone equipment with voice dialing functions to certain  persons  with
  disabilities

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

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
399-zz to read as follows:
  S 399-ZZ. RESIDENTIAL VOICE DIALING TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT. 1.   FOR  THE
PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION: (A) "VOICE DIALING TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT" SHALL
MEAN CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT SUCH AS  TELEPHONE  HANDSETS,  DESIGNED
FOR  USE  ON  THE  RESIDENTIAL PREMISES OF A VISUALLY-IMPAIRED PERSON TO
ORIGINATE, ROUTE OR TERMINATE A TELEPHONE CALL;
  (B) "CONSUMER" OR "PURCHASER" SHALL MEAN: (I) A CERTIFIED VISUALLY-IM-
PAIRED RETAIL CUSTOMER WHO PURCHASES SUCH EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONAL USE  IN
A  PLACE  OF RESIDENCE WHERE THE ADDITION OF SUCH EQUIPMENT IS NECESSARY
TO ENABLE SUCH CONSUMER TO MAKE A TELEPHONE CALL AND THAT (II) MEETS THE
INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEW YORK LIFELINE PROGRAM; AND
  (C) "SELLER" SHALL MEAN ANY RETAILER, DISTRIBUTOR OR MANUFACTURER  WHO
SELLS  OR  OFFERS FOR SALE RESIDENTIAL VOICE DIALING TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT
DIRECTLY TO A CONSUMER OR PURCHASER OR PLACES IN THE CHAIN  OF  DISTRIB-
UTION SUCH EQUIPMENT TO BE ULTIMATELY SOLD TO A CONSUMER.
  2.  ANY  MANUFACTURER OF RESIDENTIAL VOICE DIALING TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT
SHALL OFFER FOR SALE SUCH EQUIPMENT TO CONSUMERS,  AS  DEFINED  IN  THIS
SECTION, AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THE ACTUAL COST OF MANUFACTURING THE
EQUIPMENT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03912-03-9

              

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2009-S3096B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3730
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §399-zz-1, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S298, A2226
2013-2014: S863, A671
2015-2016: S467
2017-2018: S4926

2009-S3096B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires telephone companies to provide essential equipment, including voice dialing equipment, to persons with disabilities.

2009-S3096B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3096B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3096--B

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. DIAZ, ADAMS, DILAN, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KLEIN,
  PARKER, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
  be committed to the Committee  on  Energy  and  Telecommunications  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Ener-
  gy and Telecommunications in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to providing tele-
  phone equipment with voice dialing functions to certain  persons  with
  disabilities

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

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
399-zz-1 to read as follows:
  S 399-ZZ-1. RESIDENTIAL VOICE DIALING TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT. 1.  FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "VOICE DIALING TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT"  SHALL
MEAN  CUSTOMER  PREMISES  EQUIPMENT SUCH AS TELEPHONE HANDSETS, DESIGNED
FOR USE ON THE RESIDENTIAL PREMISES OF  A  VISUALLY-IMPAIRED  PERSON  TO
ORIGINATE, ROUTE OR TERMINATE A TELEPHONE CALL;
  (B) "CONSUMER" OR "PURCHASER" SHALL MEAN: (I) A CERTIFIED VISUALLY-IM-
PAIRED  RETAIL CUSTOMER WHO PURCHASES SUCH EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONAL USE IN
A PLACE OF RESIDENCE WHERE THE ADDITION OF SUCH EQUIPMENT  IS  NECESSARY
TO ENABLE SUCH CONSUMER TO MAKE A TELEPHONE CALL AND THAT (II) MEETS THE
INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEW YORK LIFELINE PROGRAM; AND
  (C)  "SELLER" SHALL MEAN ANY RETAILER, DISTRIBUTOR OR MANUFACTURER WHO
SELLS OR OFFERS FOR SALE RESIDENTIAL VOICE DIALING  TELEPHONE  EQUIPMENT
DIRECTLY  TO  A CONSUMER OR PURCHASER OR PLACES IN THE CHAIN OF DISTRIB-
UTION SUCH EQUIPMENT TO BE ULTIMATELY SOLD TO A CONSUMER.
  2. ANY MANUFACTURER OF RESIDENTIAL VOICE DIALING  TELEPHONE  EQUIPMENT
SHALL  OFFER  FOR  SALE  SUCH EQUIPMENT TO CONSUMERS, AS DEFINED IN THIS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03912-04-0
              

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