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| 1 | - | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 121 | |
| 2 | - | January Session, 2015 *_____SB00121ET____032515____* | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 121 | |
| 2 | + | January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4829 | |
| 3 | + | *04829SB00121ET_* | |
| 4 | + | Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY | |
| 5 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | + | (ET) | |
| 3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | - | ||
| 10 | + | Committee Bill No. 121 | |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 12 | January Session, 2015 | |
| 9 | 13 | ||
| 10 | - | *_____SB00121ET____032515____* | |
| 14 | + | LCO No. 4829 | |
| 15 | + | ||
| 16 | + | *04829SB00121ET_* | |
| 17 | + | ||
| 18 | + | Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY | |
| 19 | + | ||
| 20 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | (ET) | |
| 11 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 24 | AN ACT ESTABLISHING IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION PROTOCOLS FOR MINORS SEEKING TO MAINTAIN ACCOUNTS WITH PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES. | |
| 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 15 | 27 | ||
| 16 | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) (a) 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 in 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 subsection. | |
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| 18 | - | (b) In any action by a public service company against a customer for an unpaid bill, the customer shall not be liable if, at the time of the opening of the customer account, such customer was a minor and the customer account was opened by another person using the minor's Social Security number. | |
| 28 | + | 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. | |
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| 23 | 33 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 24 | 34 | Section 1 October 1, 2015 New section | |
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| 26 | 36 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 27 | 37 | ||
| 28 | 38 | Section 1 | |
| 29 | 39 | ||
| 30 | 40 | October 1, 2015 | |
| 31 | 41 | ||
| 32 | 42 | New section | |
| 33 | 43 | ||
| 34 | - | Statement of | |
| 44 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 36 | - | In Section 1(a), the word "section" was deleted and the word "subsection" was inserted for accuracy. In Section 1(b), the word "person" was inserted for clarity. | |
| 46 | + | To protect the identities and credit history of minors. | |
| 47 | + | ||
| 48 | + | [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.] | |
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| 52 | + | Co-Sponsors: SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. | |
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| 42 | - | ||
| 54 | + | Co-Sponsors: | |
| 43 | 55 | ||
| 44 | - | Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 56 | + | SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. | |
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| 58 | + | S.B. 121 |