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May 12, 2016 | referred to energy and telecommunications |
senate Bill S7784
Sponsored By
Bill Perkins
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
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- On Floor Calendar
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S7784 (ACTIVE) - Details
S7784 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the department of state and the public service commission to study and report upon the prevalence of the disclosure by public utilities, cable television companies and cellular telephone service providers to credit reporting agencies of late payments and defaults in payment of fees and charges by consumers.
S7784 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7784 TITLE OF BILL : An act to direct the department of state and the public service commission to jointly study and report upon the provision to consumer credit reporting agencies by public utility companies, cable television companies and cellular telephone service suppliers of information on late payments of or default on any fees or charges incurred by consumers; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of State and Public Service Commission to study and make recommendations regarding the practice of utility, cable, and telephone service providers reporting customer payment information to consumer reporting agencies. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : This bill would require the Department of State and Public Service Commission to study the prevalence of utility, cable, and telephone service providers reporting customer payment information to consumer reporting agencies. The Department and Commission would be tasked with making recommendations on the regulatory and statutory provisions necessary to protect consumers in this area and issuing a report to the Governor and Legislature by December 31, 2016.
S7784 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7784 I N S E N A T E May 12, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to direct the department of state and the public service commis- sion to jointly study and report upon the provision to consumer credit reporting agencies by public utility companies, cable television companies and cellular telephone service suppliers of information on late payments of or default on any fees or charges incurred by consum- ers; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The department of state and the public service commission shall jointly examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the prevalence of reporting, disclosure and otherwise making available to any consumer credit reporting agency, as defined in subdivision (k) of section 380-a of the general business law, by any public utility company as defined in subdivision 23 of section 2 of the public service law, any municipality engaged in providing any public utility, any cable tele- vision company as defined in subdivision 1 of section 212 of the public service law, any wireless communications service supplier as defined in subdivision 12 of section 301 of the county law, the Long Island power authority or the power authority of the state of New York, any informa- tion relating to the late payment of or default on the payment of any charges or fees by consumers for the provision of any public utility or other services or goods. The department and commission shall study, with particular care, the practice of reporting consumer payment information by the above entities to consumer credit reporting agencies and make recommendations on the regulatory and statutory provisions necessary to protect consumers in this area. S 2. The department of state and the public service commission shall hold joint public hearings throughout the state for the purpose of conducting their duties pursuant to section one of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00663-01-5
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