| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 01, 2010 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S6952
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
Actions
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) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6952
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to cell phone
contracts
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA :
To require cell phone providers to ask their customers if they would
like to be provided with a physical copy of their contract as well as
to provide consumers with a physical copy of any changes to their
contract.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 states that mobile or cellular phone providers are required
to ask customers if they would like to be provided with a physical
copy of their service or any other contract when the consumer enters
into a contract for sale of a mobile phone, or mobile phone service.
Section 1 further requires providers to provide written notification
of any changes to a service contract to consumers. Section 2 is the
effective date.
JUSTIFICATION :
This legislation protects consumers by requiring cell phone providers
to provide the opportunity to consumers to receive an actual physical
copy of their cell phone contract. Most cell phone providers have
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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