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A04587 Summary:

A04587 Actions:

A04587 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS   Chair:Zebrowski      
DATE:03/21/2023AYE/NAY:20/5  Action: Favorable         
Zebrowski
Aye
Lemondes
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Otis
Aye
Friend
Nay
Rozic
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Kim
Aye
Angelino
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Jensen
Nay
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Curran
Nay
Vanel
Absent
Pirozzolo
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Fall
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Zinerman
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
Bores
Aye
Shimsky
Aye
Simone
Aye

A04587 Floor Votes:

A04587 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4587--A
                                                                 Cal. No. 87
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, OTIS, VANEL, COLTON, SAYEGH, ZINERMAN --
          read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
          and  Commissions -- reported from committee, advanced to a third read-
          ing, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on  the  order
          of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring tele-
          phone companies to disclose information to subscribers  regarding  the
          backup power solution for their voice service equipment; and providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  104-b to read as follows:
     3    §  104-b.    Corporation disclosure obligation concerning backup power
     4  solutions.  1. At minimum annually,  every  regulated  telephone  corpo-
     5  ration  which  has  provided  a  current  subscriber with a backup power
     6  solution for a facilities-based, fixed voice service offered as residen-
     7  tial service that is not line powered,  provided  by  such  corporation,
     8  shall  provide  such  subscriber with either a written notice or, if the
     9  subscriber has elected, an electronic notice, disclosing  the  following
    10  information:
    11    (a) service limitations with and without backup power;
    12    (b) purchase and replacement information, including cost;
    13    (c) expected backup power duration;
    14    (d) proper usage and storage conditions, including the impact on dura-
    15  tion of backup power life if failing to adhere to proper usage and stor-
    16  age conditions;
    17    (e)  suggestions  on  how  to maximize backup power during a prolonged
    18  power outage; and
    19    (f)  subscriber  backup   power   self-testing   and   self-monitoring
    20  instructions.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02080-02-3
        A. 4587--A                          2
 
     1     Such  notice  shall  be sent to the subscriber separately from his or
     2  her monthly billing statements or invoice.
     3     2.(a)  The  commission  may  promulgate  rules and regulations adding
     4  additional requirements for the content of the disclosure as required in
     5  subdivision one of this section.
     6    (b) The commission shall  further  promulgate  rules  and  regulations
     7  regarding the form of the written notice in order to promote readability
     8  by requiring that the notice:
     9    (1) be written in a clear and coherent manner;
    10    (2) be written in at least eleven-point font size; and
    11    (3) wherever practicable, use words with common and everyday meanings.
    12    3. The commission shall establish procedures to assure, to the fullest
    13  extent  practicable,  that residential subscribers receiving fixed voice
    14  service from  one  telephone  corporation,  but  using  a  backup  power
    15  solution  provided  by  a different telephone corporation, shall receive
    16  the notice required by this section, or a similar notice  detailing  the
    17  information required by this section, from one of the providers.
    18     4.  The  disclosure required by 47 CFR 9.20(d) may satisfy the notice
    19  requirement of subdivision one of this  section,  provided  it  complies
    20  with the commission's rules and regulations regarding format as required
    21  by paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this section.
    22    §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
    23  law and shall expire and be deemed repealed September 1, 2025.