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Assembly Bill A5691

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords upon request information concerning gas and electric charges incurred for residential premises

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2009-A5691 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8097
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง66-m, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3780, S1878
2013-2014: A3552, S1736
2015-2016: A7887, S1780
2017-2018: A6178, S131, S2180
2019-2020: A2122, S2749
2021-2022: S5841
2023-2024: S2879
2025-2026: S4336

2009-A5691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords or lessors, upon request of prospective tenants or lessees, information concerning gas and electric charges incurred for residential rental premises; provides that such information shall be furnished without any charge or fee.

2009-A5691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5691

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 17, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ESPAILLAT, ROBINSON, WRIGHT, PERALTA -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BOYLAND -- read once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Energy

AN  ACT  to  amend the public service law, in relation to making gas and
  electric billing information for residential rental premises available
  upon request

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
66-m to read as follows:
  S 66-M. GAS AND ELECTRIC BILLING INFORMATION  FOR  RESIDENTIAL  RENTAL
PREMISES.  EVERY GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION, AND MUNICIPALITY
SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY LANDLORD OR  LESSOR  OF  RESIDENTIAL  RENTAL
PREMISES,  UPON  WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR FROM ANY PROSPECTIVE TENANT OR
LESSEE THEREOF, PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF TENANCY OR EXECUTION  OF  A
LEASE,  INFORMATION  CONSISTING OF THE CHARGES INCURRED AT SUCH PREMISES
FOR GAS OR ELECTRIC SERVICE OR BOTH. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL  BE  IDENTI-
FIED  SOLELY  BY THE ADDRESS OF THE DWELLING UNIT, AND NO OTHER INFORMA-
TION IDENTIFYING THE OWNER, LESSEE, OR OTHER OCCUPANT  OF  THE  DWELLING
UNIT  SHALL  BE  UTILIZED FOR, OR MADE AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH, THE
FURNISHING OF BILLING INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.  SUCH INFOR-
MATION SHALL BE FURNISHED TO BOTH   THE LANDLORD OR LESSOR  AND  TO  THE
PROSPECTIVE TENANT OR LESSEE WITHOUT THE IMPOSITION OF ANY CHARGE OR FEE
THEREFOR BY ANY PARTY TO ANY PARTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall have become a law; provided that the public service commission
is authorized to  promulgate any and all rules and regulations and  take
any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date
on or before such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09097-01-9

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