Bill Text: NY S01085 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that prepaid cellular telephone cards have the expiration date of the minutes purchased printed on the card in conspicuous print.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S01085 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S01085-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1085
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 5, 2011
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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
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the expiration of
minutes purchased with prepaid cellular telephone cards
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs e and f of subdivision 2 of section 92-f of the
2 public service law, as added by chapter 651 of the laws of 1999, are
3 amended and a new paragraph g is added to read as follows:
4 e. any expiration date or expiration policy; [and]
5 f. instructions for use of the card[.]; AND
6 G. IN THE CASE OF A COMPANY THAT OFFERS PREPAID CELLULAR TELEPHONE
7 SERVICES BY MEANS OF A PREPAID CALLING CARD, SUCH PREPAID CALLING CARD
8 SHALL HAVE PRINTED ON ITS FACE, IN CONSPICUOUS PRINT OF A FONT AT LEAST
9 TWO TIMES LARGER THAT ANY OTHER PRINT PRINTED ON SUCH CARD, THE EXPIRA-
10 TION DATE FOR THE CELLULAR MINUTES PURCHASED WITH THE CARD.
11 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
12 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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