A03547 Summary:
| BILL NO | A03547 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S04783 |
| SPONSOR | Santabarbara |
| COSPNSR | Sayegh |
| MLTSPNSR | Levenberg |
| Amd §224-a, Pub Serv L | |
| Relates to information cable television companies must provide to subscribers regarding availability of required equipment at retail. | |
A03547 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3547 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to information cable television companies must provide to subscribers regarding availabili- ty of required equipment at retail The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 224-a of the public service law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: 3 (d) Each cable television company shall provide to each of its 4 subscribers at the time of the initial subscription a written 5 description of: (1) the equipment required for such subscription; (2) 6 information regarding how or where a subscriber may purchase such equip- 7 ment at retail; and (3) information regarding what retail equipment is 8 compatible with the cable television company system. For purposes of 9 this paragraph "equipment" shall include but not be limited to a modem 10 or electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or 11 from a computer via telephone or other communication lines. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06700-01-5