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- Referred to consumer protection
- Referred to consumer protection
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Title of bill
An act to amend the general business law, in relation to posting police department telephone numbers on pay telephones
Purpose/summary of provisions
This bill would amend the general business law by adding a new section 336 (c) which would require that all telephone corporations doing business in the state and providing pay telephones to conspicuously post the name and telephone number of the local police precinct, agency or department on all said telephones. The Public Service Commission shall establish all the rules and regulations necessary for the proper application, administration and enforcement of this law.
Justification
The enactment of this bill would make it easier for individuals to use pay telephones to report a crime committed against themselves or another or to report a fire. In certain cases, an individual who has witnessed a crime or fire or has been the victim of a crime may find that a pay telephone is the quickest way to report such occurrence. Certain areas in the state have not yet had the 911 emergency number made available and, in the city of New York, the 911 number is very often busy for long stretches of time. This bill would give individuals who have been the victim of a crime, and are utilizing a pay phone to report such immediate access to the proper telephone number for reporting an emergency or an alternate number, should 911 be busy. In addition, providing the conspicuous posting of the proper emergency number may motivate a greater number of people to become involved in reporting emergencies, be it the commission of a crime or the suspicion of a fire.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become law; provided, however, that the PSC shall promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of the act prior to the effective date.
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