Directs the department of state and the public service commission to study and report upon the prevalence of the disclosure by public utilities, cable television companies and cellular telephone service providers to credit reporting agencies of late payments and defaults in payment of fees and charges by consumers.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5367--B
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. LUCAS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --
recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accordance with
Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to direct the department of state and the public service commis-
sion to jointly study and report upon the provision to consumer credit
reporting agencies by public utility companies, cable television
companies and cellular telephone service suppliers of information on
late payments of or default on any fees or charges incurred by consum-
ers; 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 department of state and the public service commission
2 shall jointly examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the
3 prevalence of reporting, disclosure and otherwise making available to
4 any consumer credit reporting agency, as defined in subdivision (k) of
5 section 380-a of the general business law, by any public utility company
6 as defined in subdivision 23 of section 2 of the public service law, any
7 municipality engaged in providing any public utility, any cable tele-
8 vision company as defined in subdivision 1 of section 212 of the public
9 service law, any wireless communications service supplier as defined in
10 subdivision 12 of section 301 of the county law, the Long Island power
11 authority or the power authority of the state of New York, any informa-
12 tion relating to the late payment of or default on the payment of any
13 charges or fees by consumers for the provision of any public utility or
14 other services or goods. The department and commission shall study, with
15 particular care, the practice of reporting consumer payment information
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 by the above entities to consumer credit reporting agencies and make
2 recommendations on the regulatory and statutory provisions necessary to
3 protect consumers in this area.
4 § 2. The department of state and the public service commission shall
5 hold joint public hearings throughout the state for the purpose of
6 conducting their duties pursuant to section one of this act.
7 § 3. On or before December 31, 2025, the department of state and the
8 public service commission shall submit a joint report of their findings,
9 conclusions and recommendations to the governor and the legislature, and
10 shall submit with such report such regulatory and legislative proposals
11 as they deem necessary to implement their recommendations.
12 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
13 deemed repealed January 1, 2026.
