S07271 Summary:

BILL NOS07271
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04819
 
SPONSORPARKER
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S92-f, Pub Serv L
 
Requires that prepaid cellular telephone cards have the expiration date of the minutes purchased printed on the card in conspicuous print.
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S07271 Actions:

BILL NOS07271
 
03/26/2010REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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S07271 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S07271 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7271
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 26, 2010
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 the expiration of
          minutes purchased with prepaid cellular telephone cards
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs e and f of subdivision 2 of section 92-f of  the
     2  public  service  law,  as  added by chapter 651 of the laws of 1999, are
     3  amended and a new paragraph g is added to read as follows:
     4    e. any expiration date or expiration policy; [and]
     5    f. instructions for use of the card[.]; and
     6    g. in the case of a company that  offers  prepaid  cellular  telephone
     7  services  by  means of a prepaid calling card, such prepaid calling card
     8  shall have printed on its face, in conspicuous print of a font at  least
     9  two  times larger that any other print printed on such card, the expira-
    10  tion date for the cellular minutes purchased with the card.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall

    12  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11411-01-9
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