§ 336-a. Telephone corporation; coin operated telephones
implementation of system to call an operator without use of coins; rules
and regulations of public service commission. 1. All telephone
corporations doing business in this state and providing coin pay
telephones shall implement a system whereby calls may be made to the
operator without charge and without requiring the insertion of any coins
into such pay telephone pursuant to the rules and regulations
promulgated by the public service commission in the manner provided for
in subdivision two of this section.

2. The public service commission shall establish, by rule or
regulation, the effective date for implementing the system mandated in
subdivision one of this section. Such rules and regulations shall
further provide for the method and manner of implementing such system.
Such rules and regulations shall be promulgated not later than one year
next succeeding the effective date of this section. Notwithstanding the
immediately preceding sentence, the public service commission shall
forward copies of the final draft of such rules and regulations to the
governor and the legislature, at least forty-five days prior to the
proposed effective date of such rules and regulations. In no event shall
such forwarding be made later than the two hundred seventieth day next
succeeding the effective date of this section.