ASSEMBLY, No. 2125
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED JANUARY 30, 2012
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblyman UPENDRA J. CHIVUKULA
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Diegnan, Senators Beach and Greenstein
SYNOPSIS
Eliminates requirement for CATV companies to provide advance notification of price decreases or addition of channel offerings.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee on March 12, 2012, with amendments.
An Act concerning certain cable television price changes and 1channel offerings,1 supplementing P.L.1972, c.186 (C.48:5A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or order to the contrary, a cable television company shall not be required to provide advance notification to the Office of Cable Television, to the cable television company's subscribers, or to the municipalities in its service area, 1a.1 prior to implementing a decrease in the price it charges its subscribers for cable television service, provided that the decrease in price is not due to a change in service 1, or b. prior to the addition of new channels to the cable television company’s channel offerings1.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede, or deny a subscriber any rights or protections provided by, the New Jersey consumer fraud act, P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.).
2. This act shall take effect on the 60th day after the date of enactment, but the Board of Public Utilities may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.