Assembly Bill A6636

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to ensuring access to emergency services via telephone

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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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2017-A6636 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §206-f, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9142
2019-2020: A5893
2021-2022: A5594
2023-2024: A4380

2017-A6636 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to ensuring access to emergency services via telephone.

2017-A6636 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6636
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to ensuring access
   to emergency services via telephone
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 206-f to read as follows:
   §  206-F.  ACCESS  TO  EMERGENCY  SERVICES  VIA  TELEPHONE. 1. FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) THE TERM "COVERED BUSINESS" MEANS ANY PARTNERSHIP, JOINT  VENTURE,
 CLUB, CORPORATION OR OTHER FORM OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION WHICH OPENS ITS
 FACILITIES  TO  THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF GOODS OR
 SERVICES.
   (B) THE TERM "HOTEL" AND "MOTEL" MEANS AN ESTABLISHMENT WHICH IS REGU-
 LARLY USED AND KEPT OPEN AS SUCH IN A BONA FIDE MANNER FOR  THE  FEEDING
 AND LODGING OF GUESTS, WHERE ALL WHO CONDUCT THEMSELVES PROPERLY AND WHO
 ARE  ABLE  AND  READY TO PAY FOR SUCH SERVICES ARE RECEIVED IF THERE ARE
 ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THEM. THIS TERM SHALL INCLUDE A TOURIST CABIN,  CAMP,
 RESORT,  TAVERN,  INN, BOARDING HOUSE, LODGING HOUSE OR ANY OTHER ESTAB-
 LISHMENT COMPARABLE OR EQUIVALENT TO ANY OF THOSE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED.
   (C) THE TERM "MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE SYSTEM" MEANS ANY SYSTEM  COMPRISED
 OF  COMMON  CONTROL  UNIT OR UNITS, TELEPHONE SETS, CONTROL HARDWARE AND
 SOFTWARE, AND ADJUNCT SYSTEMS WHICH ENABLES USERS TO  MAKE  AND  RECEIVE
 TELEPHONE  CALLS USING SHARED RESOURCES SUCH AS TELEPHONE NETWORK TRUNKS
 OR DATA LINK BANDWIDTH. THIS TERM  INCLUDES,  BUT  IS  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 NETWORK-BASED  AND PREMISES-BASED SYSTEMS SUCH AS CENTREX SERVICE, PREM-
 ISES-BASED, HOSTED AND CLOUD-BASED VOIP, AS WELL AS PBX, HYBRID AND  KEY
 TELEPHONE  SYSTEMS,  AS  CLASSIFIED BY THE FCC UNDER PART SIXTY-EIGHT OF
 ITS RULES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10331-01-7
              

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