Bill Text: NY S06142 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires telecommunications companies providing prepaid card services to provide certain levels of call quality; requires providers of prepaid calling services to disclose on every prepaid calling card the parent corporation of such provider and the telephone numbers of the federal and state agencies with which complaints against such provider may be filed.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06142 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06142-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6142--A
            Cal. No. 1354
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
          cations  --  reported  favorably from said committee, ordered to first
          report, amended on first  report,  ordered  to  a  second  report  and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public service law, in relation to disclosure by
          providers of prepaid calling services and telephone call  quality  for
          prepaid calling services
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 92-f of the public service law, as
     2  added by chapter 651 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
     3    2. Disclosure requirements. Any company that provides prepaid  calling
     4  services  through prepaid calling cards shall be required to print legi-
     5  bly on each card the following information:
     6    a. name of the company;
     7    b. name of the parent corporation that owns the company;
     8    c. toll-free customer service number;
     9    [c.] d. toll-free network access number, if such number is required to
    10  access service;
    11    [d.] e. authorization  code,  if  such  code  is  required  to  access
    12  service;
    13    [e.] f. any expiration date or expiration policy; [and]
    14    [f.] g. instructions for use of the card[.]; and
    15    h.  the appropriate telephone numbers of the federal and state govern-
    16  ment entities with which a person may file a complaint.
    17    § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 92-f of the public service law is renum-
    18  bered subdivision 9 and a new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows:
    19    8. Telephone call quality  requirements.  Any  company  that  provides
    20  prepaid  calling services through prepaid calling cards shall ensure the
    21  quality of the calls. Quality of the calls shall  include,  but  not  be
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  limited  to,  maintaining  a  steady  connection,  avoiding echoing that
     2  interrupts telephone call clarity, and avoiding  excessive  static  that
     3  hinders  access  to  communication.  The  commission  shall  commence  a
     4  proceeding to review call quality of telephone services provided through
     5  the use of cards and establish rules on how to monitor call quality.
     6    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
     7  have become a law.