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A09814 Summary:

BILL NO	A09814
SAME AS	SAME AS S03457
SPONSOR	Santabarbara
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd 224-a, Pub Serv L
Relates to information cable television companies must provide to subscribers regarding availability of required equipment at retail.

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A09814 Actions:

BILL NO	A09814
04/09/2024	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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A09814 Committee Votes:

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A09814 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9814
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 9, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to information cable
          television companies must provide to subscribers regarding availabili-
          ty of required equipment at retail
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 224-a of the public service law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
     3    (d)  Each  cable  television  company  shall  provide  to  each of its
     4  subscribers  at  the  time  of  the  initial  subscription   a   written
     5  description  of:  (1)  the equipment required for such subscription; (2)
     6  information regarding how or where a subscriber may purchase such equip-
     7  ment at retail; and (3) information regarding what retail  equipment  is
     8  compatible  with  the  cable  television company system. For purposes of
     9  this paragraph "equipment" shall include but not be limited to  a  modem
    10  or  electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or
    11  from a computer via telephone or other communication lines.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05825-01-3

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