Bill Text: NY A04364 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to responsibility for cable bills after a disconnection or downgrade in service; provides that customers requesting a disconnection or downgrade in service shall only be liable for services incurred up to the date the disconnection or downgrade is effective.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-07-15 - enacting clause stricken [A04364 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A04364-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4364 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to responsibility for cable bills after a disconnection or downgrade in service The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 224-b of the public service law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. If a customer requests a disconnection from service or a downgrade 4 in service from a cable television company, the customer shall only be 5 liable for services incurred up to such date the disconnection or down- 6 grade is effective. Customers that have paid in advance for the billing 7 period when the disconnection or downgrade occurred shall be entitled 8 to, on a pro rata basis, a refund, or in the event of a downgrade, a 9 billing credit. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02776-01-3