Prohibits telephone corporations from charging a caller any increased rates, charges, or fees for long-distance or other calls without first notifying such caller.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3691
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS, MAMDANI, ZACCARO, ANDERSON, EPSTEIN, CRUZ,
REYES, GLICK, KELLES, LUCAS, GIBBS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, WEPRIN, SANTA-
BARBARA, HYNDMAN, RAGA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DAVILA,
LEVENBERG, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corpo-
rations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting tele-
phone corporations from charging a caller any increased rates, charg-
es, or fees for long-distance or other calls without first notifying
such caller
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 91 of the public service law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
3 (c) No telephone corporation shall charge, demand, collect, or receive
4 from any person or corporation an increased rate, charge, or fee for any
5 call made or received by such person or corporation without notifying
6 such person or corporation at the beginning of such call of such
7 increased rate, charge, or fee. Increased rates, charges, or fees under
8 this paragraph shall include but not be limited to increased rates,
9 charges, or fees for long-distance calls made or received by a person or
10 corporation.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
12 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
13 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
14 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
15 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07326-01-5
