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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2153
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, JACKSON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy
and Telecommunications
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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