Bill Text: NY A04190 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes a parent access to retrieve and view text messages on a minor child's telephone and authorizes a telephone company to charge an additional fee for such access.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-10 - enacting clause stricken [A04190 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04190-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4190
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 1, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BOYLAND, ROBERTS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
         A. ARROYO -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
         Affairs and Protection
       AN  ACT  to amend the general business law, in relation to authorizing a
         parent access to retrieve and view text messages on  a  minor  child's
         telephone
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 399-dd of the general business  law,  as  added  by
    2  chapter  487  of  the  laws of 2006, is renumbered section 676 and a new
    3  section 677 is added to read as follows:
    4    S 677. CONTRACT OPTION TO VIEW CHILD'S TEXT MESSAGES.  1.  A  CONTRACT
    5  BETWEEN  A TELEPHONE COMPANY AND A CUSTOMER SHALL OFFER THE CUSTOMER THE
    6  OPTION TO RETRIEVE AND VIEW TEXT MESSAGES THAT ARE SENT FROM OR RECEIVED
    7  BY THE CUSTOMER'S MINOR CHILD'S TELEPHONE. THE CONTRACT MAY  INCLUDE  AN
    8  ADDITIONAL FEE FOR THIS OPTION.
    9    2.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERMS "TELEPHONE COMPANY",
   10  "TELEPHONE", AND "CUSTOMER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS  IN  SUBDIVI-
   11  SION ONE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   12    S  2. Sections 676 and 677 of the general business law, section 676 as
   13  renumbered and section 677 as added by section  one  of  this  act,  are
   14  designated  article  32-A  and a new article heading is added to read as
   15  follows:
   16                         TELEPHONE RECORDS AND ACCESS
   17    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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