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Assembly Bill A1808

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to waiver of caller identification service fees when providing services to volunteer fire companies

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2015-A1808 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง103, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8175
2017-2018: A536

2015-A1808 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to waiver of caller identification service fees when providing services to volunteer fire companies.

2015-A1808 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1808

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to  requiring  tele-
  phone  corporations to waive the normal fees for caller identification
  service when providing the service to volunteer fire companies

  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
103 to read as follows:
  S 103. CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE FEES. 1.  TELEPHONE  CORPORATIONS
SHALL  WAIVE  THE  NORMAL  FEES  FOR  CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE WHEN
PROVIDING SUCH SERVICE TO VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES.
  2. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
  (A) "CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE" SHALL  REFER  TO  ANY  SERVICE  OR
DEVICE  DESIGNED  TO  PROVIDE THE USER OF THE SERVICE OR DEVICE WITH THE
TELEPHONE NUMBER OF, OR OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE ORIGINATION  OF,
A  CALL  MADE  USING  A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE OR VOIP SERVICE. SUCH
TERM INCLUDES AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION SERVICES.
  (B) "VOIP SERVICE" SHALL MEAN A SERVICE THAT PROVIDES REAL-TIME  VOICE
COMMUNICATIONS  TRANSMITTED  THROUGH  END  USER  EQUIPMENT  USING TCP/IP
PROTOCOL, OR A SUCCESSOR PROTOCOL, FOR A FEE OR WITHOUT A  FEE;  AND  IS
OFFERED  TO  THE  PUBLIC,  OR SUCH CLASSES OF USERS AS TO BE EFFECTIVELY
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC (WHETHER PART OF A BUNDLE OF SERVICES  OR  SEPA-
RATELY);  AND  HAS  THE CAPABILITY TO ORIGINATE TRAFFIC TO, OR TERMINATE
TRAFFIC FROM, THE PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK.
  (C) "VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES" SHALL MEAN A DULY  ORGANIZED  VOLUNTEER
FIRE  COMPANY  OR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, APPROVED BY THE AUTHORITIES
IN CONTROL, OF ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OF  SUCH  FIRE  COMPANY  OR
DEPARTMENT  AND  WHOSE  MEMBERS  ARE  FAITHFULLY AND ACTUALLY PERFORMING
SERVICE IN THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE OR OTHER  EMER-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02052-01-5

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