Ren §399-dd to be §676, add §677, desig §§676 & 677 to be Art 32-A, add Art head, Gen Bus L
Authorizes a parent access to retrieve and view text messages on a minor child's telephone and authorizes a telephone company to charge an additional fee for such access.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6382
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, COOK, MOSLEY, COLTON, STECK -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, PERRY -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to authorizing a
parent access to retrieve and view text messages on a minor child's
telephone
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 399-dd of the general business law, as added by
2 chapter 487 of the laws of 2006, is renumbered section 676 and a new
3 section 677 is added to read as follows:
4 § 677. Contract option to view child's text messages. 1. A contract
5 between a telephone company and a customer shall offer the customer the
6 option to retrieve and view text messages that are sent from or received
7 by the customer's minor child's telephone. The contract may include an
8 additional fee for this option.
9 2. For the purposes of this section, the terms "telephone company",
10 "telephone", and "customer" shall have the same meaning as in subdivi-
11 sion one of section six hundred seventy-six of this article.
12 § 2. Sections 676 and 677 of the general business law, section 676 as
13 renumbered and section 677 as added by section one of this act, are
14 designated article 32-A and a new article heading is added to read as
15 follows:
16 TELEPHONE RECORDS AND ACCESS
17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06666-01-9
