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                                   1125
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  JACOBS, LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
   Protection
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to allowing tele-
   communication companies to block incoming calls from certain numbers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
 399-z-1 to read as follows:
   § 399-Z-1. TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES BLOCKING CERTAIN NUMBERS. 1. AS
 USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEAN-
 INGS:
   A. "CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION" MEANS INFORMATION PROVIDED BY A
 CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE REGARDING THE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND NAME OF
 THE PERSON CALLING;
   B. "CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE" MEANS A SERVICE THAT ALLOWS A TELE-
 PHONE  SUBSCRIBER  TO  HAVE  THE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AND, WHERE AVAILABLE,
 NAME OF THE CALLING PARTY TRANSMITTED CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH  THE  TELE-
 PHONE  CALL,  AND DISPLAYED ON A DEVICE IN OR CONNECTED TO THE SUBSCRIB-
 ER'S TELEPHONE;
   C. "POOLING ADMINISTRATOR" MEANS THE THOUSANDS-BLOCK POOLING  ADMINIS-
 TRATOR AS IDENTIFIED IN 47 C.F.R. § 52.20; AND
   D.  "PROVIDER"  MEANS  A TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY THAT PROVIDES VOICE
 COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS IN THIS STATE.
   2. CONSISTENT WITH AUTHORIZATION PROVIDED BY FEDERAL LAW AND RULES  OF
 THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION OR ITS SUCCESSORS:
   A.  PROVIDERS  MAY BLOCK A VOICE CALL WHEN THE SUBSCRIBER TO WHICH THE
 ORIGINATING NUMBER IS ASSIGNED HAS REQUESTED THAT  CALLS  PURPORTING  TO
 ORIGINATE  FROM  THAT  NUMBER  BE BLOCKED BECAUSE THE NUMBER IS USED FOR
 INBOUND CALLS ONLY OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) A NUMBER THAT IS NOT A VALID NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN NUMBER;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (II) A VALID NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN NUMBER THAT  IS  NOT  ALLO-
 CATED  TO  A PROVIDER BY THE NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN ADMINISTRATOR
 OR THE POOLING ADMINISTRATOR; OR
   (III)  A  VALID NORTH AMERICAN NUMBERING PLAN NUMBER THAT IS ALLOCATED
 TO A PROVIDER BY THE NORTH  AMERICAN  NUMBERING  PLAN  ADMINISTRATOR  OR
 POOLING  ADMINISTRATOR, THAT IS UNUSED, SO LONG AS THE PROVIDER BLOCKING
 THE CALLS IS THE ALLOCATEE OF THE NUMBER AND CONFIRMS THAT THE NUMBER IS
 UNUSED OR HAS OBTAINED VERIFICATION FROM THE ALLOCATEE THAT  THE  NUMBER
 IS UNUSED AT THE TIME OF THE BLOCKING.
   B.  PROVIDERS SHALL NOT BLOCK A VOICE CALL IF THE CALL IS AN EMERGENCY
 CALL PLACED TO 911.
   3. FOR PURPOSES OF BLOCKING CALLS FROM CERTAIN ORIGINATING NUMBERS  AS
 AUTHORIZED IN THIS SECTION, A PROVIDER MAY RELY ON CALLER IDENTIFICATION
 SERVICE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE ORIGINATING NUMBER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.