Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 06, 2013 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 09, 2013 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection |
Assembly Bill A778
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GIBSON
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- 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
William Scarborough
Vivian Cook
Eric Stevenson
multi-Sponsors
Margaret Markey
2013-A778 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §399-cc, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
-
A2447
2013-A778 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 778 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIBSON, SCARBOROUGH, COOK, STEVENSON -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. MARKEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the reuse of wireless telephone numbers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 399-cc of the general business law, as added by chapter 655 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1. (A) No person, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or other business entity shall obtain from any provider of wireless telephone service, as such term is defined in para- graph (b) of subdivision one of section twelve hundred twenty-five-c of the vehicle and traffic law, any wireless telephone numbers for the purpose of creating a directory of wireless telephone numbers, without first obtaining the prior authorization from each individual wireless telephone service customer. Such customer's authorization shall be affirmatively obtained via verifiable means. (B) NO TELEPHONE COMPANY AS DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-DD OF THIS ARTICLE, AS ADDED BY CHAPTER FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT- Y-SEVEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SIX, THAT PROVIDES WIRELESS TELE- PHONE SERVICE SHALL REASSIGN A PHONE NUMBER TO A CUSTOMER WITHOUT FIRST INFORMING SUCH CUSTOMER OF HOW RECENTLY A PHONE NUMBER WAS ASSIGNED TO A PREVIOUS CUSTOMER. IF SUCH PHONE NUMBER WAS USED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR SUCH CUSTOMER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST A DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBER. S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01996-01-3
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