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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4364
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, SAYEGH -- 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:
1 Section 1. Section 224-b of the public service law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. If a customer requests a disconnection from service or a downgrade
4 in service from a cable television company, the customer shall only be
5 liable for services incurred up to such date the disconnection or down-
6 grade is effective. Customers that have paid in advance for the billing
7 period when the disconnection or downgrade occurred shall be entitled
8 to, on a pro rata basis, a refund, or in the event of a downgrade, a
9 billing credit.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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