Provides for unlisted telephone directory numbers without charge, for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4789
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 1, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to providing for
unlisted telephone numbers without charge for certain victims of
domestic violence
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 91 of the public service law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
3 8. Every local exchange telephone corporation shall, where an order of
4 protection exists and at the customer's request (accompanying a copy of
5 the order), waive the charges therefor and omit from any directory of
6 telephone numbers published by it or an affiliated company the listing
7 of any person who is a victim of domestic violence, as defined in
8 section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law, and for
9 whose benefit any order of protection, other than a temporary order of
10 protection, has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, for
11 the duration of such order.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
13 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the public service
14 commission is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations
15 and take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its
16 effective date on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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