Senate Bill S3751A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "voter privacy act" to include political calls in the no telemarketing sales calls statewide registry

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S3751 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§399-p & 399-z, Gen Bus L

2013-S3751 - Summary

Enacts the "voter privacy act" to include political calls in the no telemarketing sales calls statewide registry.

2013-S3751 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3751 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3751

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO, BOYLE, LARKIN, MARTINS -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  enacting  the
  "voter privacy act" to include political calls in the no telemarketing
  sales calls statewide registry

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as  the  "voter
privacy act".
  S  2.  Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section 399-p of the
general business law, as amended by chapter 581 of the laws of 1992, are
amended to read as follows:
  (c) "consumer" means a natural person who is  solicited  to  purchase,
lease  or  receive  a  good or service for personal, family or household
use, OR WHO IS SOLICITED TO SUPPORT A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, OR  A
POLITICAL POSITION, ISSUE OR CAUSE;
  (d)  "consumer telephone call" means a call made to a telephone number
by a telephone solicitor, whether  by  device,  live  operator,  or  any
combination thereof, for the purpose of soliciting a sale of any consum-
er  goods  or services for personal, family or household purposes to the
consumer called, or for the purpose of soliciting an extension of credit
for consumer goods or services  to  the  consumer  called,  or  for  the
purpose of obtaining information that will or may be used for the direct
solicitation  of  a  sale  of consumer goods or services to the consumer
called or an extension of credit for such purposes, OR FOR  THE  PURPOSE
OF  PROMOTING  A  CANDIDATE  FOR PUBLIC OFFICE, OR A POLITICAL POSITION,
ISSUE OR CAUSE; provided, however, that "consumer telephone call"  shall
not include a call made by a telephone corporation, as defined by subdi-
vision  seventeen  of section two of the public service law, in response

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07813-01-3

              

co-Sponsors

2013-S3751A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§399-p & 399-z, Gen Bus L

2013-S3751A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "voter privacy act" to include political calls in the no telemarketing sales calls statewide registry.

2013-S3751A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3751A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 3751--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  BOYLE, CARLUCCI, LARKIN, MARTINS --
  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
  the  Committee  on  Consumer  Protection -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to  amend the general business law, in relation to enacting the
  "voter privacy act" to include political calls in the no telemarketing
  sales calls statewide registry

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "voter
privacy act".
  S 2. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section 399-p  of  the
general business law, as amended by chapter 581 of the laws of 1992, are
amended to read as follows:
  (c)  "consumer"  means  a natural person who is solicited to purchase,
lease or receive a good or service for  personal,  family  or  household
use,  OR  WHO  IS  SOLICITED TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC
OFFICE, OR A POLITICAL POSITION, ISSUE OR CAUSE;
  (d) "consumer telephone call" means a call made to a telephone  number
by  a  telephone  solicitor,  whether  by  device, live operator, or any
combination thereof, for the purpose of soliciting a sale of any consum-
er goods or services for personal, family or household purposes  to  the
consumer called, or for the purpose of soliciting an extension of credit
for  consumer  goods  or  services  to  the  consumer called, or for the
purpose of obtaining information that will or may be used for the direct
solicitation of a sale of consumer goods or  services  to  the  consumer
called  or  an extension of credit for such purposes, OR, FOR CALLS MADE
BY A DEVICE ONLY WITH NO LIVE OPERATOR PRESENT AT ANY  TIME  DURING  THE
DURATION  OF THE CALL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING OR OPPOSING A CANDI-
DATE FOR PUBLIC  OFFICE,  OR  A  POLITICAL  POSITION,  ISSUE  OR  CAUSE;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07813-04-3
              

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