A03817 Summary:

BILL NOA03817
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSOROrtiz (MS)
 
COSPNSRArroyo, Zebrowski, Rivera, Cahill, Jaffee, Gunther
 
MLTSPNSRColton, Galef, Peoples-Stokes
 
Add §399-k, Gen Bus L
 
Prohibits wireless telephone service plan termination fees in excess of fifty dollars.
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A03817 Actions:

BILL NOA03817
 
01/31/2019referred to consumer affairs and protection
01/08/2020referred to consumer affairs and protection
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A03817 Committee Votes:

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A03817 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A03817 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3817
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 31, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, ARROYO, ZEBROWSKI, RIVERA, CAHILL, JAFFEE,
          GUNTHER   --   Multi-Sponsored   by   --   M.  of  A.  COLTON,  GALEF,
          PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Consumer
          Affairs and Protection
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to prohibiting
          wireless telephone service plan termination fees in  excess  of  fifty
          dollars
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  399-k to read as follows:
     3    § 399-k. Wireless telephone service plan termination fees.  1. No plan
     4  for the provision of wireless telephone service by a wireless  telephone
     5  service  provider  doing  business in this state to a wireless telephone
     6  service customer shall contain any provision which shall  impose  a  fee
     7  for terminating such plan in an amount greater that fifty dollars.
     8    2.   Any   wireless  telephone  service  provider  that  violates  the
     9  provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil  penalty  in  the
    10  amount of two thousand five hundred dollars for each occurrence.
    11    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    12  have become a law and shall apply  to  all  wireless  telephone  service
    13  plans entered into on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08193-01-9
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