The Business Council will strongly oppose a proposal by the state Consumer Protection Board (CPB) to dramatically increase the fee it will charge many businesses to access the state's do-not-call registry.
Businesses that wish to telemarket in New York State now must pay $800 to get the registry, which telemarketers are required by law to have.
The CPB indicated in mid-March that it plans to propose increasing that fee to $1,800 a year for most businesses.
The CPB proposal also calls for a "limited revenue exception application process" through which businesses that submit tax returns showing less than $1 million in gross sales would be charged only $500.
Even business that paid that reduce fee would be paying a fee that is at the high end of what most states impose.
New York's current fee is already significantly higher than fees charged in other states. Most states charge fees that run from $100 to a high of $500 a year. Georgia charges $10 a year for permission to get the information from a Web site, or $50 quarterly to buy a CD ROM with the information. Missouri and Florida charged $100 a year. Louisiana and Kentucky charge $400 a year.