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A00338 Summary:

BILL NOA00338A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04825-A
 
SPONSORPaulin
 
COSPNSROtis, Vanel, Colton, Sayegh, Zinerman, Barron
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add 104-a, Pub Serv L
 
Requires telephone companies to disclose information to subscribers regarding the backup power solution for their voice service equipment.
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A00338 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         338--A
                                                                 Cal. No. 23
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, OTIS, VANEL, COLTON, SAYEGH, ZINERMAN --
          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  requiring  tele-
          phone  companies  to disclose information to subscribers regarding the
          backup power solution for their voice service equipment; 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:
 
     1    Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
     2  104-a to read as follows:
     3    § 104-a.  Corporation disclosure obligation  concerning  backup  power
     4  solutions.    1.  At  minimum annually, every regulated telephone corpo-
     5  ration which has provided a  current  subscriber  with  a  backup  power
     6  solution for a facilities-based, fixed voice service offered as residen-
     7  tial  service  that  is  not line powered, provided by such corporation,
     8  shall provide such subscriber with either a written notice  or,  if  the
     9  subscriber  has  elected, an electronic notice, disclosing the following
    10  information:
    11    (a) service limitations with and without backup power;
    12    (b) purchase and replacement information, including cost;
    13    (c) expected backup power duration;
    14    (d) proper usage and storage conditions, including the impact on dura-
    15  tion of backup power life if failing to adhere to proper usage and stor-
    16  age conditions;
    17    (e) suggestions on how to maximize backup  power  during  a  prolonged
    18  power outage; and
    19    (f)   subscriber   backup   power   self-testing  and  self-monitoring
    20  instructions.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02121-03-2

        A. 338--A                           2
 
     1     Such notice shall be sent to the subscriber separately  from  his  or
     2  her monthly billing statements or invoice.
     3     2.(a)  The  commission  may  promulgate  rules and regulations adding
     4  additional requirements for the content of the disclosure as required in
     5  subdivision one of this section.
     6    (b) The commission shall  further  promulgate  rules  and  regulations
     7  regarding the form of the written notice in order to promote readability
     8  by requiring that the notice:
     9    (1) be written in a clear and coherent manner;
    10    (2) be written in at least eleven-point font size; and
    11    (3) wherever practicable, use words with common and everyday meanings.
    12    3. The commission shall establish procedures to assure, to the fullest
    13  extent  practicable,  that residential subscribers receiving fixed voice
    14  service from  one  telephone  corporation,  but  using  a  backup  power
    15  solution  provided  by  a different telephone corporation, shall receive
    16  the notice required by this section, or a similar notice  detailing  the
    17  information required by this section, from one of the providers.
    18     4.  The  disclosure required by 47 CFR 9.20(d) may satisfy the notice
    19  requirement of subdivision one of this  section,  provided  it  complies
    20  with the commission's rules and regulations regarding format as required
    21  by paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section.
    22    §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
    23  law and shall expire and be deemed repealed December 31, 2026.
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