* § 399-eee. Disabling of services to stolen wireless phones. 1.
Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

(a) "International mobile equipment identifier (IMEI)" shall mean:

(i) a mobile equipment identifier;

(ii) electronic serial number; or

(iii) any other number or signal that:

(A) identifies a unique mobile wireless phone; and

(B) has the same function and purposes as a number described in
subparagraph (i) or (ii) of this paragraph.

(b) "GSMA block list" means an industry database that relies on
information reported by at least fifty commercial mobile operators, is
subject to access controls, is certified to the ISO/IEC 27001 or an
equivalent standard for information security management systems, and
provides publicly available information to enable sellers, consumers,
and law enforcement to check an IMEI against lists of mobile device
equipment identification numbers to help prevent the use or activation
of mobile phones identified as stolen or fraudulently obtained.

2. Limiting wireless service to stolen phones. Any person, firm,
partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or
other business entity providing wireless telephone services, as such
term is defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section twelve
hundred twenty-five-c of the vehicle and traffic law, shall have and
maintain a program reasonably designed to prevent the activation on its
network of a phone with an international mobile equipment identity
number (IMEI) that appears on the GSMA block list.

3. Reporting of stolen wireless phones. Any person, firm, partnership,
association, limited liability company, corporation, or other business
entity providing wireless telephone services, as such term is defined in
paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section twelve hundred twenty-five-c
of the vehicle and traffic law, who is informed by a retail store
operator of the theft of new, non-activated wireless phones, shall take
reasonable steps to report the IMEI numbers of those stolen phones to
the GSMA block list.

4. Disabling of service to stolen wireless phone. Any person, firm,
partnership, association, limited liability company, corporation, or
other business entity providing wireless telephone services, as such
term is defined in paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section twelve
hundred twenty-five-c of the vehicle and traffic law, shall have and
maintain a program reasonably designed to enable it to suspend service
to a stolen wireless phone upon notification by a verified customer that
a wireless phone has been stolen. Such program shall require the person
or business entity providing wireless telephone services take reasonable
steps to report the IMEI numbers of the stolen phone to the GSMA block
list.

* NB Effective February 24, 2025