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Assembly Bill A5438A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to responsibility for cable bills after a disconnection or downgrade in service

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2021-A5438 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7457
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §224-b, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A4364, S493
2025-2026: S2153

2021-A5438 - Summary

Relates to responsibility for cable bills after a disconnection or downgrade in service; provides that customers requesting a disconnection or downgrade in service shall only be liable for services incurred up to the date the disconnection or downgrade is effective.

2021-A5438 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5438
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in  relation  to  responsibility
   for cable bills after a disconnection or downgrade in service
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 224-b of the public service law, as added by  chap-
 ter 359 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   §  224-b.  Cable bills. 1. At the time service is initiated to a resi-
 dential customer and at least once a year  thereafter,  every  telephone
 corporation,  as defined in subdivision seventeen of section two of this
 chapter, and every cable television company, as defined in  section  two
 hundred  twelve of this article that provides cable service to customers
 in New York shall provide its  customers  with  a  notice  that  billing
 statements  are  available in a large print format. Upon written request
 by a customer, every telephone corporation and cable television  company
 shall provide the customer's billing statements in large print format no
 later  than sixty days after the date upon which the request is received
 by  the  telephone  corporation  and  cable  television   company.   The
 provisions  of  this section shall apply only to printed statements. For
 the purposes of this section, "large print" means a font size of sixteen
 or larger to illuminate billing information.
   2. IF A CUSTOMER REQUESTS A DISCONNECTION FROM SERVICE OR A  DOWNGRADE
 IN  SERVICE  FROM A CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY, THE CUSTOMER SHALL ONLY BE
 LIABLE FOR SERVICES INCURRED UP TO SUCH DATE THE DISCONNECTION OR  DOWN-
 GRADE  IS EFFECTIVE. CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE PAID IN ADVANCE FOR THE BILLING
 PERIOD WHEN THE DISCONNECTION OR DOWNGRADE OCCURRED  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED
 TO,  ON  A  PRO  RATA BASIS, A REFUND, OR IN THE EVENT OF A DOWNGRADE, A
 BILLING CREDIT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08459-01-1

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2021-A5438A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7457
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §224-b, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A4364, S493
2025-2026: S2153

2021-A5438A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to responsibility for cable bills after a disconnection or downgrade in service; provides that customers requesting a disconnection or downgrade in service shall only be liable for services incurred up to the date the disconnection or downgrade is effective.

2021-A5438A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5438--A
                                                         Cal. No. 169
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- ordered to a
   third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place  on
   the order of third reading

 AN  ACT  to  amend the public service law, in relation to responsibility
   for cable bills after a disconnection or downgrade in service
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  224-b  of  the  public service law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. IF A CUSTOMER REQUESTS A DISCONNECTION FROM SERVICE OR A  DOWNGRADE
 IN  SERVICE  FROM A CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY, THE CUSTOMER SHALL ONLY BE
 LIABLE FOR SERVICES INCURRED UP TO SUCH DATE THE DISCONNECTION OR  DOWN-
 GRADE  IS EFFECTIVE. CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE PAID IN ADVANCE FOR THE BILLING
 PERIOD WHEN THE DISCONNECTION OR DOWNGRADE OCCURRED  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED
 TO,  ON  A  PRO  RATA BASIS, A REFUND, OR IN THE EVENT OF A DOWNGRADE, A
 BILLING CREDIT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08459-02-2

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