Assembly Actions -
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Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A1096
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CAHILL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Joan Millman
Steven Cymbrowitz
Felix Ortiz
Annette Robinson
multi-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Sandy Galef
Rhoda Jacobs
Harvey Weisenberg
2013-A1096 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A1096 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1096 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, MILLMAN, CYMBROWITZ, ORTIZ, ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, GALEF, JACOBS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to prohibiting the charging of additional transaction fees for the payment of a wireless communications service bill or mobile telephone service bill in person THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399-ccc to read as follows: S 399-CCC. IMPOSITION OF SURCHARGE FOR PAYMENT OF WIRELESS COMMUNI- CATIONS SERVICE PROHIBITED. A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE SUPPLIER ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE OR MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS SHALL NOT IMPOSE ANY ADDITIONAL SURCHARGE FOR THE FACE TO FACE PAYMENT BY A CUSTOMER OF A BILL FOR SUCH WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE OR MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE. A FACE TO FACE PAYMENT SHALL MEAN A PAYMENT MADE IN A STORE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF STORE PERSONNEL TO COMPLETE THE TRANSACTION. S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law, and shall apply to contracts issued, renewed, modi- fied or amended after the effective date of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03666-01-3
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