Senate Bill S6952

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to cell phone contracts

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee

  • 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-S6952 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง390-d, Gen Bus L

2009-S6952 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to cell phone contracts.

2009-S6952 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6952

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 1, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FOLEY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law,  in  relation  to  cell  phone
  contracts

  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
390-d to read as follows:
  S 390-D. CELL PHONE CONTRACTS. 1. WRITTEN COPY REQUIREMENT.  MOBILE OR
CELLULAR PHONE PROVIDERS ARE REQUIRED TO ASK  THEIR  CUSTOMERS  IF  THEY
WISH  TO  BE  PROVIDED WITH A WRITTEN COPY OF THEIR CONTRACT AT THE TIME
THE CUSTOMER ENTERS INTO A CONTRACT FOR SALE OF A MOBILE PHONE DEVICE OR
MOBILE PHONE SERVICE.
  2. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES. MOBILE OR  CELLULAR  PHONE  PROVIDERS  ARE
REQUIRED  TO PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF ANY CHANGE OR ALTERATION TO
A CONTRACT FOR SALE OF A MOBILE PHONE DEVICE OR MOBILE PHONE SERVICE.
  3. WRITTEN COPY.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "WRITTEN COPY" MEANS  A
PAPER  OR  ELECTRONIC  COPY  OF THE CONTRACT THAT IS, OR CAN READILY BE,
PRINTED BY THE CUSTOMER AT HIS OR HER LEISURE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16158-02-0

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