S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
December 23, 2016
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Mayer) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring tele-
marketers to transmit to consumers the correct caller identification
information
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 399-z of the general business
law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the general
business law, relating to the transmission of caller identification to
consumers, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6809-B and
A.9457-A, is amended to read as follows:
2-a. It shall be unlawful for any telemarketer or seller to KNOWINGLY
cause any caller identification service to [knowingly] transmit mislead-
ing, inaccurate, or false caller identification information, provided
that it shall not be a violation to substitute (for the name and phone
number used in, or billed for, making the call) the name or telephone
number of the person or seller on behalf of which a telemarketing call
is placed.
S 2. Subdivision 7-a of section 399-pp of the general business law, as
added by a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the general business
law, relating to the transmission of caller identification to consumers,
as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.6809-B and A.9457-A is
amended to read as follows:
7-a. Unlawful transmission of certain caller identification informa-
tion. It shall be unlawful for any telemarketer or seller to KNOWINGLY
cause any caller identification service to [knowingly] transmit mislead-
ing, inaccurate, or false caller identification information, provided
that it shall not be a violation to substitute (for the name and phone
number used in, or billed for, making the call) the name or telephone
number of the person or seller on behalf of which a telemarketing call
is placed.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2016 amending the general business
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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