Bill Text: NY S00158 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires all set top boxes provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service providers to comply with energy star guidelines by 7/1/2019.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-29 - PRINT NUMBER 158A [S00158 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00158-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        158--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
         cations  --  recommitted  to  the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
         cations in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring all set
         top  boxes  provided by cable, satellite, telecom and internet service
         providers to comply with Energy Star guidelines
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
    2  231 to read as follows:
    3    S 231. ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOXES. 1. NO LATER  THAN  JULY  FIRST,  TWO
    4  THOUSAND NINETEEN, ALL SET TOP BOXES PROVIDED BY CABLE, SATELLITE, TELE-
    5  COM  OR  INTERNET PROTOCOL SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CONSUMERS LOCATED IN THE
    6  STATE SHALL COMPLY WITH FEDERAL ENERGY STAR SET TOP BOX PRODUCT SPECIFI-
    7  CATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    8  AND/OR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
    9    2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "ENERGY STAR" MEANS A  DESIG-
   10  NATION FROM THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR DEPART-
   11  MENT  OF  ENERGY  INDICATING  THAT A PRODUCT MEETS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY
   12  STANDARDS SET FORTH BY THE AGENCY FOR COMPLIANCE WITH  THE  ENERGY  STAR
   13  PROGRAM; AND
   14    (B) "SET TOP BOX" MEANS A CABLE, SATELLITE, TELECOM OR INTERNET PROTO-
   15  COL  OR  OTHER DEVICE, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF WHICH IS TO RECEIVE TELE-
   16  VISION SIGNALS FROM A SPECIFIC  SOURCE  AND  TRANSMIT  OR  DELIVER  SUCH
   17  SIGNALS TO A CONSUMER DISPLAY AND/OR RECORDING DEVICE.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   19  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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