General Assembly Committee Bill No. 121
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4829
*04829SB00121ET_*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 121
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4829
*04829SB00121ET_*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION PROTOCOLS FOR MINORS SEEKING TO MAINTAIN ACCOUNTS WITH PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) A public service company shall verify the validity of a potential customer's Social Security number prior to opening a customer account to ensure that such Social Security number does not belong to a minor as defined by section 1-1d of the general statutes. A public service company shall cross reference the Social Security number provided with such customer's legal name, aliases, date of birth, age, current address and phone number. A public service company may use a third-party company to carry out the purpose of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To protect the identities and credit history of minors.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
S.B. 121