2013 New York Consolidated Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 21 - (330 - 337) PUBLICATIONS
336-A - Telephone corporation; coin operated telephones implementation of system to call an operator without use of coins; rules and regulations of public ser

 
    §    336-a.    Telephone   corporation;   coin   operated   telephones
  implementation of system to call an operator without use of coins; rules
  and  regulations  of  public  service  commission.  1.   All   telephone
  corporations  doing  business  in  this  state  and  providing  coin pay
  telephones shall implement a system whereby calls may  be  made  to  the
  operator without charge and without requiring the insertion of any coins
  into   such   pay  telephone  pursuant  to  the  rules  and  regulations
  promulgated by the public service commission in the manner provided  for
  in subdivision two of this section.
    2.   The  public  service  commission  shall  establish,  by  rule  or
  regulation, the effective date for implementing the system  mandated  in
  subdivision  one  of  this  section.  Such  rules  and regulations shall
  further provide for the method and manner of implementing  such  system.
  Such  rules and regulations shall be promulgated not later than one year
  next succeeding the effective date of this section. Notwithstanding  the
  immediately  preceding  sentence,  the  public  service commission shall
  forward copies of the final draft of such rules and regulations  to  the
  governor  and  the  legislature,  at  least forty-five days prior to the
  proposed effective date of such rules and regulations. In no event shall
  such forwarding be made later than the two hundred seventieth  day  next
  succeeding the effective date of this section.