STATE OF NEW YORK
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7815
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 24, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring all set
top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service
providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines
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
2 231 to read as follows:
3 § 231. Energy Star set top boxes. 1. No later than July first, two
4 thousand fourteen, all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, tele-
5 com or internet protocol service providers to consumers located in the
6 state shall comply with federal Energy Star set top box product specifi-
7 cations promulgated by the United States environmental protection agency
8 and/or department of energy.
9 2. For the purposes of this section: (a) "Energy Star" means a desig-
10 nation from the United States environmental protection agency or depart-
11 ment of energy indicating that a product meets the energy efficiency
12 standards set forth by the agency for compliance with the Energy Star
13 program; and
14 (b) "set top box" means a cable, satellite, telecom or internet proto-
15 col or other device, the primary function of which is to receive tele-
16 vision signals from a specific source and transmit or deliver such
17 signals to a consumer display and/or recording device.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
19 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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