Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 07, 2020 |
signed chap.226 |
Sep 25, 2020 |
delivered to governor |
Jul 21, 2020 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.250 substituted for a9624 |
Jul 21, 2020 |
substituted by s2665 rules report cal.250 reported |
Jul 17, 2020 |
reported referred to rules |
Jul 13, 2020 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 28, 2020 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A9624
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JACOBSON
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S2665 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
David Weprin
Steven Otis
2019-A9624 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S2665
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§92-d & 227-a, add §92-i, Pub Serv L; add §390-bb, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
A10464
2011-2012: A3224, A10256
2013-2014: A1795, S7288
2015-2016: A392, S1639
2017-2018: A2426, S501, S7046
2019-A9624 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits the imposition of any charge or fee on the telephone bill of a consumer when such fee or charge is imposed by a third party, unless the consumer explicitly agrees to the nature and amount of such fee or charge; makes the unauthorized imposition of such a fee void and unenforceable; directs the public service commission to enforce such provisions.
2019-A9624 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9624 I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, WEPRIN, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the public service law and the general business law, in relation to consumer protections against cramming THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 92-d of the public service law, as separately amended by chapters 546 and 547 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: Each local exchange telephone company shall inform its customers of the provisions of SECTION NINETY-TWO-I OF THIS ARTICLE, sections three hundred ninety-nine-p [and], three hundred ninety-nine-z and three hundred ninety-nine-pp of the general business law, and article ten-B of the personal property law, as such provisions relate to the rights of consumers with respect to CRAMMING, telemarketers, sellers, the no tele- marketing sales call statewide registry and automatic dialing-announcing devices, by means of: § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 92-i to read as follows: § 92-I. CRAMMING PROHIBITED. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "CRAMMING" MEANS THE INCLUSION AND IMPOSITION OF CHARGES ON THE INVOICE OR BILL OF A CUSTOMER FROM A TELEPHONE CORPORATION AT THE REQUEST OF A THIRD PARTY OR BILLING AGGREGATOR THAT (A) WERE NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE CUSTOMER, OR (B) IF AUTHORIZED, WERE OBTAINED THROUGH MISLEADING OR DECEPTIVE MEANS. 2. A CUSTOMER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR CHARGES APPEARING ON THE INVOICE OR BILL OF A TELEPHONE CORPORATION THAT ARE THE RESULT OF CRAMMING. NO CHARGES FOR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, OTHER THAN THOSE PROVIDED BY THE TELEPHONE CORPORATION, ITS AFFILIATES, A THIRD PARTY VIDEO PROVIDER WITH WHOM A TELEPHONE CORPORATION OR ITS AFFILIATE JOINTLY MARKET SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW, SHALL BE INCLUDED ON ANY BILL OR INVOICE OF A CUSTOMER, UNLESS THE THIRD PARTY REQUESTING THE PAYMENT OF SUCH CHARGES RETAINS AND PROVIDES UPON REQUEST VALID PROOF THAT: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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