New York Assembly Bill 9177 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on October 13 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to consumer affairs and protection
Pending: Assembly Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The bill requires that multichannel video programming distributors (which includes cable operators and satellite providers) disclose early termination fees in a clear and conspicuous manner, with the fee presented with the same prominence as the sales price for programming. The bill also prevents the charging of an early termination fee that isn't prorated. Therefore, the longer a customer has a contract the smaller an early termination fee they would pay. A multichannel video programming distributor that does not adhere to the provisions of this bill would lose their ability to assess an early termination fee.

Requires disclosure of early termination fees.

Asm. Michael Benedetto [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-06		referred to consumer affairs and protection
2009-10-13		referred to consumer affairs and protection

S6182 (Same As) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09177&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09177&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A09177