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NY A02928

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/9/2009

Primary Sponsor

James Brennan

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Origin

Assembly

2009-2010 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires telephone corporations to offer deferred payment plans for residential and small business customers for installation, service initiation, and nonrecurring maintenance charges on telephone lines, with payments spread over up to one year

  • Extends the same deferred payment plan requirement to cable corporations for installation, service initiation, and nonrecurring maintenance charges on residential and small business cable lines

  • Defines "small business" as a state-resident, independently owned and operated business that is not dominant in its field, employs 100 or fewer persons, and has installed no more than four lines

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

Requires deferred payment plan in installments over a period of up to one year be offered to small businesses for telephone installation, service initiation and nonrecurring maintenance charges; defines "small business" as a business which is resident in the state, independently owned and operated, not dominant in its field, employs one hundred or fewer persons and has installed no more than four telephone lines.

Last Action

starred on calendar

6/3/2010

Committee Referrals

Small Business1/20/2010
Rules7/16/2009
Energy and Telecommunications3/9/2009
Small Business1/21/2009

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