Bill Text: NJ S1885 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for mail notice of certain telephone rate and tariff changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-27 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee [S1885 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S1885-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 1885

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 27, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides for mail notice of certain telephone rate and tariff changes.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning notices sent by certain telecommunications companies and supplementing P.L.1991, c.428 (C.48:2-21.16 et seq.).

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Notice of any tariff revisions to competitive services which create increased charges to any customer shall be sent by the local exchange telecommunications company or interexchange by regular mail to all affected customers at least 30 days before the revisions take effect.

 

     2.    Notice of any change in rates for noncompetitive services which create increased charges to any customers shall be sent by the local exchange telecommunications company or interexchange by regular mail to all affected customers at least 30 days before the changes take effect, notwithstanding that the local exchange telecommunications company or interexchange is regulated under an alternative form of regulation pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1991, c.428 (C.48:2-21.18).

 

     3.    This act shall take effect on the 60th day after enactment.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires local and long distance telecommunications companies to send notices of changes in tariffs of competitive telephone services and changes in rates of noncompetitive telephone services by regular mail to affected customers at least 30 days before the changes are to go into effect.  The changes must increase charges to a customer in order to come under the provisions of this bill.  N.J.A.C.14:10-5.3 requires five business days notice of proposed tariff changes in competitive services and permits notice to be effected by newspaper publication rather than by mail.  This bill gives customers more timely individual notice of tariff and rate changes in competitive and noncompetitive intra-State telephone services.