Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 26, 2010 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Mar 03, 2009 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Feb 10, 2009 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A5028
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRODSKY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A5028 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A5028 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5028 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 10, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRODSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring tele- graph and telephone corporations to offer residential rates to reli- gious organizations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 92 of the public service law, as amended by chapter 124 of the laws of 1911, is amended to read as follows: 3. [No] (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, NO telegraph corporation or telephone corporation subject to the provisions of this chapter shall, directly or indirectly, give any free or reduced service, or any free pass or frank for the trans- mission of messages by either telephone or telegraph between points within this state, except to its officers, employees, agents, pension- ers, surgeons, physicians, attorneys-at-law and their families; to persons or corporations exclusively engaged in charitable and eleemosy- nary work and ministers of religions; to officers and employees of other telegraph corporations and telephone corporations, railroad corporations and street railroad corporations. But this subdivision shall not apply to state, municipal or federal contracts. (B) NO TELEGRAPH CORPORATION OR TELEPHONE CORPORATION SHALL, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, CHARGE, DEMAND, COLLECT OR RECEIVE A RATE, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE APPLICABLE RESIDENTIAL RATE FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES BY EITHER TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH BETWEEN POINTS WITHIN THE STATE, FROM ANY CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED AND CONDUCTED IN GOOD FAITH FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE OPERATION OF A SCHOOL REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SECULAR SUBJECTS ARE TAUGHT THEREIN, WHEN SUCH CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION UTILIZES SUCH SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH ITS RELIGIOUS PURPOSES. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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