Assembly Bill A772

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires telephone service providers to furnish a toll-free consumer service number for consumers offered unsolicited services

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2015-A772 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §92-h, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A603
2011-2012: A319
2013-2014: A1371
2017-2018: A104
2019-2020: A159
2021-2022: A1064

2015-A772 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any telephone service provider to furnish a toll-free consumer service number for consumers offered or provided unsolicited telephone services without a charge for a specified period of use time by means of a telephone calling card number, account number, electronic serial number or personal identification number when a charge, fee or payment is later required by the consumer for termination or continued use of the unsolicited telephone service.

2015-A772 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   772

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK,
  COOK, GALEF -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
  Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring tele-
  phone service providers to furnish a toll-free consumer service number
  for consumers offered unsolicited services

  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
92-h to read as follows:
  S 92-H. TOLL-FREE CONSUMER SERVICE NUMBER FOR CONSUMERS OFFERED  UNSO-
LICITED  SERVICES.  ANY  PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCI-
ATION, COMPANY OR BUSINESS OFFERING OR PROVIDING TO A CONSUMER  UNSOLIC-
ITED  TELEPHONE  SERVICES  WITHOUT  CHARGE FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF USE
TIME OR FOR A SPECIFIED VALUE OF USE TIME BY MEANS OF A TELEPHONE  CALL-
ING  CARD  NUMBER,  ACCOUNT NUMBER, ELECTRONIC SERIAL NUMBER OR PERSONAL
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WHEN A CHARGE,  FEE  OR  PAYMENT  IS  SUBSEQUENTLY
REQUIRED  BY  THE CONSUMER FOR TERMINATION OR CONTINUED USE OF THE UNSO-
LICITED TELEPHONE SERVICE SHALL FURNISH  A  TOLL-FREE  CONSUMER  SERVICE
NUMBER  TO ALL SUCH CONSUMERS WHICH A CONSUMER CAN USE TO OBTAIN ANSWERS
TO QUESTIONS, INFORMATION ON THE RATES, INFORMATION ON TERMS  OR  CONDI-
TIONS, AND FOR RESOLUTION OF A BILLING OR SERVICE COMPLAINT.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06256-01-5

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