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NY A04509
Bill
Status
2/5/2013
Primary Sponsor
William Scarborough
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AI Summary
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Requires telephone corporations to offer deferred payment plans in installments over up to one year for residential and small business customers for installation, service initiation, and nonrecurring maintenance charges
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Extends the same deferred payment requirement to cable corporations for installation, service initiation, and nonrecurring maintenance charges on residential and small business cable lines
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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 telephone or cable lines
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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
referred to small business
1/8/2014