Bill Text: NY S04789 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for unlisted telephone directory numbers without charge, for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-01 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S04789 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04789-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4789
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 1, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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 providing for
          unlisted telephone numbers  without  charge  for  certain  victims  of
          domestic violence
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 91 of the public service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. Every local exchange telephone corporation shall, where an order of
     4  protection exists and at the customer's request (accompanying a copy  of
     5  the  order),  waive  the charges therefor and omit from any directory of
     6  telephone numbers published by it or an affiliated company  the  listing
     7  of  any  person  who  is  a  victim  of domestic violence, as defined in
     8  section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services  law,  and  for
     9  whose  benefit  any order of protection, other than a temporary order of
    10  protection, has been issued by a court of  competent  jurisdiction,  for
    11  the duration of such order.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    13  it  shall  have  become  a law. Effective immediately the public service
    14  commission is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations
    15  and take any other measures necessary  to  implement  this  act  on  its
    16  effective date on or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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