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A00608 Summary:

A00608 Actions:

A00608 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:Peoples-Stokes      
DATE:02/14/2017AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Johns
Aye
Galef
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lalor
Aye
Glick
Excused
Byrne
Aye
Kim
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Blake
Aye
Hyndman
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:05/16/2017AYE/NAY:32/1  Action: Favorable         
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Walter
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Perry
Aye
Curran
Aye
Colton
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Excused
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye

A00608 Floor Votes:

A00608 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           608
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, ARROYO, COOK, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, STECK --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, HIKIND, HOOPER, MAGEE, SIMON --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in  relation  to  direct  dialing  to
          public service answering points

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  717-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  717-a.  Direct  dialing to public service answering points. 1.  For
     4  purposes of this section, "public  building"  shall  mean  any  building
     5  belonging  to  the  state, county, town, village, school district or any
     6  other political or civil subdivision of state or local government.
     7    2. For purposes of this section, "multi-line telephone  system"  shall
     8  mean  any  system  comprised  of  common  control units, telephone sets,
     9  control hardware and software, and adjunct systems which  enables  users
    10  to make and receive telephone calls using shared resources such as tele-
    11  phone  network trunks or data link bandwidth. This term includes, but is
    12  not limited to, network-based and premises-based systems such as Centrex
    13  service, premises-based, hosted and cloud-based VoIP, as  well  as  PBX,
    14  Hybrid and Key Telephone Systems, as classified by the FCC under Part 68
    15  of its rules.
    16    3. All public buildings which operate on a multi-line telephone system
    17  in  this state must configure their multi-line telephone system hardware
    18  to allow any call to 911 on the system to be  directly  connected  to  a
    19  public service answering point.
    20    4.  The  requirements  of  subdivision three of this section shall not
    21  apply to any public building operating on a multi-line telephone  system
    22  that  would  be  required  to  upgrade  the  hardware of their telephone
    23  network to meet said requirement. However, every telephone in any exempt
    24  public building operating on a multi-line telephone system  shall  place
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00843-01-7
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     1  an  instructional  sticker  on or immediately adjacent to each telephone
     2  informing users of the phone's inability to directly dial  911  and  the
     3  procedures  to follow to connect to a 911 public service answering point
     4  in case of an emergency.
     5    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     6  have become a law.