N.Y. General Business Law § 336-a: Telephone corporation; coin operated telephones implementation of system to call an operator without use of coins; rules and regulations ...

§ 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.