Senate Bill S3938

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Directs public service commission to require telephone corporations to provide free directory information or assistance to certain eligible disabled persons

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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-S3938 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §92-g, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3529
2013-2014: S850
2015-2016: S2568
2017-2018: S2868
2019-2020: S3573

2009-S3938 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the public service commission to require all telephone corporations to provide free directory information or assistance to blind persons meeting specified visual acuity standards and also to certain other physically handicapped persons who are certified as meeting certain specified criteria; requires that the public service commission establish procedures by which free access to directory information and assistance is automatically registered as exempt from all charges; related provisions.

2009-S3938 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3938 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3938

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
  nications

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to mandating  direc-
  tory information or assistance for certain eligible persons at no cost
  to such persons

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

  Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
92-g to read as follows:
  S  92-G.  DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE FOR ELIGIBLE PERSONS. 1. THE COMMISSION
SHALL REQUIRE ALL TELEPHONE CORPORATIONS TO PROVIDE  DIRECTORY  INFORMA-
TION  OR  ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO
OF THIS SECTION, AT NO COST TO  SUCH  PERSONS.    THE  COMMISSION  SHALL
ESTABLISH PROCEDURES BY WHICH FREE ACCESS TO SUCH INFORMATION OR ASSIST-
ANCE  FOR  SUCH  PERSONS  IS AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED AS EXEMPT FROM ALL
CHARGES.
  2. THE FOLLOWING PERSONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR  SERVICE  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
SECTION:
  (A)  BLIND  PERSONS  WHOSE  VISUAL  ACUITY, AS DETERMINED BY COMPETENT
AUTHORITY, IS 20/200 OR LESS IN THE BETTER EYE WITH  CORRECTING  LENSES,
OR  WHOSE  WIDEST  DIAMETER OF VISUAL FIELD SUBTENDS ANGULAR DISTANCE NO
GREATER THAN TWENTY DEGREES.
  (B) OTHER PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS ARE ELIGIBLE AS FOLLOWS:
  (I) PERSONS WHOSE VISUAL DISABILITY, WITH CORRECTION AND REGARDLESS OF
OPTICAL MEASUREMENT, IS CERTIFIED BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY  AS  PREVENTING
THE READING OF STANDARD PRINTED MATERIAL.
  (II)  PERSONS  CERTIFIED  BY  COMPETENT AUTHORITY AS UNABLE TO READ OR
UNABLE TO USE STANDARD PRINTED MATERIAL AS A RESULT OF PHYSICAL  LIMITA-
TIONS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09260-01-9

              

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