Bill Text: NY A04830 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the department of state and the public service commission to study and report upon the prevalence of the disclosure by public utilities, cable television companies and cellular telephone service providers to credit reporting agencies of late payments and defaults in payment of fees and charges by consumers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-14 - ordered to third reading rules cal.176 [A04830 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04830-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4830--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- reported and  referred
         to  the Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on
         Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to direct the department of state and the public service  commis-
         sion to jointly study and report upon the provision to consumer credit
         reporting  agencies  by  public  utility  companies,  cable television
         companies and cellular telephone service suppliers of  information  on
         late payments of or default on any fees or charges incurred by consum-
         ers;  and  providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
         thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The department of state and the public service commission
    2  shall jointly examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning  the
    3  prevalence  of  reporting,  disclosure and otherwise making available to
    4  any consumer credit reporting agency, as defined in subdivision  (k)  of
    5  section 380-a of the general business law, by any public utility company
    6  as defined in subdivision 23 of section 2 of the public service law, any
    7  municipality  engaged  in  providing any public utility, any cable tele-
    8  vision company as defined in subdivision 1 of section 212 of the  public
    9  service  law, any wireless communications service supplier as defined in
   10  subdivision 12 of section 301 of the county law, the Long  Island  power
   11  authority  or the power authority of the state of New York, any informa-
   12  tion relating to the late payment of or default on the  payment  of  any
   13  charges  or fees by consumers for the provision of any public utility or
   14  other services or goods. The department and commission shall study, with
   15  particular care, the practice of reporting consumer payment  information
   16  by  the  above  entities  to consumer credit reporting agencies and make
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00406-03-2
       A. 4830--A                          2
    1  recommendations on the regulatory and statutory provisions necessary  to
    2  protect consumers in this area.
    3    S  2.  The department of state and the public service commission shall
    4  hold joint public hearings throughout  the  state  for  the  purpose  of
    5  conducting their duties pursuant to section one of this act.
    6    S  3.  On or before December 31, 2013, the department of state and the
    7  public service commission shall submit a joint report of their findings,
    8  conclusions and recommendations to the governor and the legislature, and
    9  shall submit with such report such regulatory and legislative  proposals
   10  as they deem necessary to implement their recommendations.
   11    S  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
   12  deemed repealed January 1, 2014.