Assembly Bill A778

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the reuse of wireless telephone numbers

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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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2013-A778 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §399-cc, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A2447

2013-A778 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the reuse of wireless telephone numbers; requires wireless telephone service providers to inform customers of how recently a cell phone number has been used and if it was within the last year, such customer shall have the right to request a different number.

2013-A778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   778

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. GIBSON, SCARBOROUGH, COOK, STEVENSON -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.   MARKEY -- read once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to  amend the general business law, in relation to the reuse of
  wireless telephone numbers

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 399-cc of the general business
law, as added by chapter 655 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read  as
follows:
  1.  (A)  No  person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability
company, corporation, or other business entity  shall  obtain  from  any
provider of wireless telephone service, as such term is defined in para-
graph  (b) of subdivision one of section twelve hundred twenty-five-c of
the vehicle and traffic law, any  wireless  telephone  numbers  for  the
purpose  of  creating a directory of wireless telephone numbers, without
first obtaining the prior authorization from  each  individual  wireless
telephone  service  customer.    Such  customer's authorization shall be
affirmatively obtained via verifiable means.
  (B)  NO  TELEPHONE  COMPANY  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THREE   HUNDRED
NINETY-NINE-DD  OF THIS ARTICLE, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT-
Y-SEVEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SIX, THAT  PROVIDES  WIRELESS  TELE-
PHONE  SERVICE SHALL REASSIGN A PHONE NUMBER TO A CUSTOMER WITHOUT FIRST
INFORMING SUCH CUSTOMER OF HOW RECENTLY A PHONE NUMBER WAS ASSIGNED TO A
PREVIOUS CUSTOMER. IF SUCH PHONE NUMBER WAS USED WITHIN  THE  LAST  YEAR
SUCH CUSTOMER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST A DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBER.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the sixtieth day  after it shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01996-01-3

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