STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1840 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, COMRIE, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to information cable television companies must provide to subscribers regarding availabili- ty of required equipment at retail The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 224-a of the public service law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: 3 (d) Each cable television company shall provide to each of its 4 subscribers at the time of the initial subscription and at least semi- 5 annually thereafter a written description of: (1) the equipment required 6 for such subscription; (2) information regarding how or where a 7 subscriber may purchase such equipment at retail; and (3) information 8 regarding what retail equipment is compatible with the cable television 9 company system. For purposes of this paragraph "equipment" shall include 10 but not be limited to a modem or electronic device that makes possible 11 the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other 12 communication lines. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04674-01-1