New York A 6120: Relates to granting dealers in firearms access to the NYSPIN database

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A06120 Summary:

BILL NOA06120 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07227

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SPONSORMeeks

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§91 & 92-c, Pub Serv L

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Requires charges for telephone calls based on duration, whether over lines or by cellular, to be charged and prorated by the second; applies to all service providers; authorizes the public service commission to promulgate rules and regulations.

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BILL NOA06120 

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02/26/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6120

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 26, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MEEKS -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to charges for tele-
 phone service on a by the second basis

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 91 of the public service law, as
 2 added by chapter 673 of the laws of 1910, is amended to read as follows:
 3 1. Every telegraph corporation and every telephone corporation shall
 4 furnish and provide with respect to its business such instrumentalities
 5 and facilities as shall be adequate and in all respects just and reason-
 6 able. All charges made or demanded by any telegraph corporation or tele-
 7 phone corporation for any service rendered or to be rendered in
 8 connection therewith shall be just and reasonable and not more than
 9 allowed by law or by order of the commission. Every charge for telecom-
 10 munications service, whether by means of a telephone line or by means of
 11 cellular radio communication, made on the basis of the duration of the
 12 communication shall be charged and prorated by the second. Every unjust
 13 or unreasonable charge made or demanded for any such service or in
 14 connection therewith or in excess of that allowed by law or by order of
 15 the commission is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
 16 § 2. The section heading of section 92-c of the public service law, as
 17 added by chapter 697 of the laws of 1990, is amended, subdivision 1 is
 18 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) and a new subdivision 12 is added
 19 to read as follows:
 20 Customer service requirements for aggregators, alternate operator
 21 service providers and COCOT service providers.
 22 (c) The term "aggregator" means any hotel, motel, innkeeper, school or
 23 hospital which is not a telegraph corporation or telephone corporation,
 24 which, in the ordinary course of business, makes available for public
 25 use telephones or telephone equipment. Such term shall also include any

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01796-01-5

 A. 6120 2

 1 hotel, motel, innkeeper, school or hospital which imposes any charge or
 2 receives any compensation by contract, tariff or otherwise for calls
 3 made from a telephone provided in a guest room, dormitory, hospital room
 4 or other premises under the control of such entity to an alternate oper-
 5 ator service provider. The term aggregator also includes any universi-
 6 ty, provided, that inclusion in such definition shall in no way affect
 7 the tax-exempt or any other status of any such university under the
 8 education law, tax law or not-for-profit corporation law, or any other
 9 provision of law, rule or regulation relating thereto.
 10 12. Every charge for telecommunications service by an alternate opera-
 11 tor service provider, COCOT service provider or aggregator, whether by
 12 means of a telephone line or by means of cellular radio communication,
 13 made on the basis of the duration of the communication shall be charged
 14 and prorated by the second.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 16 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amend-
 17 ment and/or repeal of any rule or reg