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A02426 Summary:
BILL NO | A02426A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S07046-A |
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SPONSOR | Skartados |
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COSPNSR | Weprin, Otis |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §§92-d & 227-a, add §92-i, Pub Serv L; add §390-bb, Gen Bus L | |
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Prohibits the imposition of any charge or fee on the telephone bill of a consumer when such fee or charge is imposed by a third party, unless the consumer explicitly agrees to the nature and amount of such fee or charge; makes the unauthorized imposition of such a fee void and unenforceable; directs the public service commission to enforce such provisions. |
A02426 Actions:
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01/20/2017 | referred to consumer affairs and protection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/07/2017 | reported referred to codes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/01/2017 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/02/2017 | advanced to third reading cal.99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/06/2017 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/06/2017 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/06/2017 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | ordered to third reading cal.188 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/30/2018 | amended on third reading 2426a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/27/2018 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/27/2018 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/27/2018 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS |
A02426 Committee Votes:
Kavanagh | Aye | Palumbo | Aye | ||||||
Abbate | Aye | McDonough | Aye | ||||||
Quart | Aye | McKevitt | Aye | ||||||
Buchwald | Aye | Stec | Aye | ||||||
Solages | Aye | ||||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Niou | Aye | ||||||||
Pheffer Amato | Aye | ||||||||
Williams | Aye | ||||||||
Lentol | Aye | Graf | Aye | ||||||
Schimminger | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Excused | McKevitt | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Cymbrowitz | Aye | Morinello | Aye | ||||||
Titus | Aye | ||||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Hevesi | Aye | ||||||||
Fahy | Aye | ||||||||
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A02426 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simanowitz
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simon
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Lupinacci
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Harris
Yes
Magee
ER
Palumbo
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
ER
Paulin
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barron
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blake
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Titone
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Jones
Yes
Montesano
ER
Richardson
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buchwald
ER
Finch
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walter
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kim
ER
Moya
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Carroll
ER
Gantt
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Murray
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Niou
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Norris
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Curran
Yes
Harris
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
ER
McDonough
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titone
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
ER
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Ra
Yes
Titus
Yes
Barclay
ER
Davila
ER
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
ER
Walker
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Barron
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walter
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Blake
ER
DiPietro
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
ER
Rosenthal L
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Sepulveda
ER
Butler
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Cahill
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lentol
ER
Palumbo
ER
Skartados
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Solages
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A02426 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2426--A Cal. No. 188 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 20, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SKARTADOS, WEPRIN, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public service law and the general business law, in relation to consumer protections against cramming The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 92-d of the public service 2 law, as separately amended by chapters 546 and 547 of the laws of 2000, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 Each local exchange telephone company shall inform its customers of 5 the provisions of section ninety-two-i of this article, sections three 6 hundred ninety-nine-p [and], three hundred ninety-nine-z and three 7 hundred ninety-nine-pp of the general business law, and article ten-B of 8 the personal property law, as such provisions relate to the rights of 9 consumers with respect to cramming, telemarketers, sellers, the no tele- 10 marketing sales call statewide registry and automatic dialing-announcing 11 devices, by means of: 12 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 92-i to 13 read as follows: 14 § 92-i. Cramming prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section, 15 "cramming" means the inclusion and imposition of charges on the invoice 16 or bill of a customer from a telephone corporation at the request of a 17 third party or billing aggregator that (a) were not authorized by the 18 customer, or (b) if authorized, were obtained through misleading or 19 deceptive means. 20 2. A customer shall not be liable for charges appearing on the invoice 21 or bill of a telephone corporation that are the result of cramming. No 22 charges for any products or services, other than those provided by the 23 telephone corporation, its affiliates, a third party video provider with EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01558-04-8A. 2426--A 2 1 whom a telephone corporation or its affiliate jointly market services, 2 or otherwise permitted by law, shall be included on any bill or invoice 3 of a customer, unless the third party requesting the payment of such 4 charges retains and provides upon request valid proof that: 5 (a) the customer was provided with clear and conspicuous disclosure of 6 all material terms and conditions of the product or service being 7 offered, including but not limited to all initial and recurring charges 8 and the fact that such charges shall appear on the customer's telephone 9 bill; 10 (b) after receiving clear and conspicuous disclosure as provided in 11 paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the customer explicitly consented to 12 the nature and amount of such charges; and 13 (c) the third party offering the product or service or an agent of 14 such third party provided the customer with a toll-free telephone number 15 the customer may call and an address to which the customer may write to 16 resolve any billing dispute. 17 3. Any charges for third party products or services that are included 18 on a bill or invoice by a telephone corporation without the consent of 19 the customer having been obtained as provided in subdivision two of this 20 section shall be void and unenforceable, and shall be removed from the 21 bill or invoice upon notice from such customer. 22 4. The commission shall supervise and ensure compliance with the 23 provisions of this section, and may promulgate any rules and regulations 24 it deems necessary or desirable to ensure such compliance, including but 25 not limited to any additional requirements for verification of customer 26 orders and any additional standards that third parties or agents must 27 meet to be authorized to receive payment through the inclusion of charg- 28 es on bills or invoices of telephone corporations. Any failure by a 29 telephone corporation to comply with the provisions of this section may 30 be redressed as provided in subdivision three of section ninety-six of 31 this article or as otherwise authorized by law. 32 § 3. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 390- 33 bb to read as follows: 34 § 390-bb. Cramming prohibited. 1. For the purposes of this section, 35 "cramming" means the inclusion and imposition of charges on the invoice 36 or bill for telephone service to a customer from a cable television 37 company, as defined in section two hundred twelve of the public service 38 law, that provides telephone service to customers in New York, at the 39 request of a third party or billing aggregator that (a) were not author- 40 ized by the customer, or (b) if authorized, were obtained through 41 misleading or deceptive means. 42 2. A customer shall not be liable for charges appearing on the invoice 43 or bill of a cable television company for telephone service that are the 44 result of cramming. No charges for any products or services, other than 45 those provided by the cable television company, its affiliates, a third 46 party video provider with whom a cable television company or its affil- 47 iate jointly market services, or otherwise permitted by law, shall be 48 included on any bill or invoice for telephone service, unless the third 49 party requesting the payment of such charges retains and provides upon 50 request valid proof that: 51 (a) the customer was provided with clear and conspicuous disclosure of 52 all material terms and conditions of the product or service being 53 offered, including but not limited to all initial and recurring charges 54 and the fact that such charges shall appear on the customer's telephone 55 service bill;A. 2426--A 3 1 (b) after receiving clear and conspicuous disclosure as provided in 2 paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the customer explicitly consented to 3 the nature and amount of such charges; and 4 (c) the third party offering the product or service or an agent of 5 such third party provided the customer with a toll-free telephone number 6 the customer may call and an address to which the customer may write to 7 resolve any billing dispute. 8 3. Any charges for third party products or services that are included 9 on a bill or invoice for telephone service by a cable television company 10 without the consent of the customer having been obtained as provided in 11 subdivision two of this section shall be void and unenforceable, and 12 shall be removed from the bill or invoice upon notice from such custom- 13 er. 14 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 227-a of the public service law, as 15 added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: 16 1. Every cable television company, and all officers, agents and 17 employees of any cable television company shall obey, observe and comply 18 with every order, direction or requirement made by the commission, under 19 authority of this article, so long as the same shall be and remain in 20 force. Except as provided in subdivision two of this section, any cable 21 television company which shall violate any provision of this article or 22 section three hundred ninety-bb of the general business law, or which 23 fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order or 24 any direction or requirement of the commission, shall forfeit to the 25 people of the state of New York a sum to be set by the commission not to 26 exceed one thousand dollars for each and every offense; every violation 27 of any such order or direction or requirement, or of this article or 28 section three hundred ninety-bb of the general business law, shall be a 29 separate and distinct offense, and, in case of a continuing violation, 30 every day's continuance thereof shall be a separate and distinct 31 offense. 32 § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 33 it shall have become a law.