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Senate Bill S2410
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 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
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2015-S2410 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S2410 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2410 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to providing for unlisted telephone numbers without charge for certain victims of domestic violence PURPOSE: This bill would allow for unlisted telephone numbers without charge for victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Subdivision 8 of the bill would amend Section 91 of the public Service Law to provide victims of domestic violence for whose benefit an order of protection has been issued, other than a temporary order of protection, for the duration of such order, an unlisted telephone number from any directory of telephone numbers published by it or any and a affiliated companies, free of charge. JUSTIFICATION: This bill corrects an existing discrepancy regarding orders of
2015-S2410 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2410 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 23, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERKINS, HOYLMAN, KENNEDY, KLEIN, KRUEGER, SAVINO, STAVISKY -- 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 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: Section 1. Section 91 of the public service law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 8. EVERY LOCAL EXCHANGE TELEPHONE CORPORATION SHALL, WHERE AN ORDER OF PROTECTION EXISTS AND AT THE CUSTOMER'S REQUEST (ACCOMPANYING A COPY OF THE ORDER), WAIVE THE CHARGES THEREFOR AND OMIT FROM ANY DIRECTORY OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS PUBLISHED BY IT OR AN AFFILIATED COMPANY THE LISTING OF ANY PERSON WHO IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE-A OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, AND FOR WHOSE BENEFIT ANY ORDER OF PROTECTION, OTHER THAN A TEMPORARY ORDER OF PROTECTION, HAS BEEN ISSUED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, FOR THE DURATION OF SUCH ORDER. S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the public service commission is authorized to promulgate any and all rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date on or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06942-01-5
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