S01085 Summary:

BILL NOS01085
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORPARKER
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S92-f, Pub Serv L
 
Requires that prepaid cellular telephone cards have the expiration date of the minutes purchased printed on the card in conspicuous print.
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S01085 Actions:

BILL NOS01085
 
01/05/2011REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
01/04/2012REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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S01085 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S01085 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1085
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 5, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations
 
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the expiration of
          minutes purchased with prepaid cellular telephone cards
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs e and f of subdivision 2 of section 92-f of  the
     2  public  service  law,  as  added by chapter 651 of the laws of 1999, are
     3  amended and a new paragraph g is added to read as follows:
     4    e. any expiration date or expiration policy; [and]
     5    f. instructions for use of the card[.]; and
     6    g. in the case of a company that  offers  prepaid  cellular  telephone
     7  services  by  means of a prepaid calling card, such prepaid calling card
     8  shall have printed on its face, in conspicuous print of a font at  least
     9  two  times larger that any other print printed on such card, the expira-
    10  tion date for the cellular minutes purchased with the card.

    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02137-01-1
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