Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Mar 29, 2011 |
reported and committed to finance |
Feb 22, 2011 |
notice of committee consideration - requested |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Senate Bill S295
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications 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
Votes
2011-S295 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S295 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S295 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring telegraph and telephone corporations to offer residential rates to religious organizations PURPOSE: To make the telephone bills of religious organizations more affordable by requiring telephone companies to offer residential rates to such organizations. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 Amends Section 92 Subdivision 3 of the Public Service law. Prohibits telephone companies from charging religious organizations rates which are greater than rates applicable to residential customers for telephone services utilized exclusively in connection with religious purposes. EXISTING LAW: Current law allows religious organizations to be charged residential rates for gas and electric service. This provision is not applicable to telephone services. JUSTIFICATION:
2011-S295 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 295 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- 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 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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