Assembly Bill A1555

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits any gas or electric corporation from absolving itself from liability for service interruption arising from employee negligence

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A1555 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L

2009-A1555 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits gas and electric corporations from filing any schedules setting forth rules or regulations which absolve or attempt to absolve such corporations from liability for the interruption of its supply of service arising from the ordinary negligence of its employees, servants or agents and provides that any such schedules filed are void as against public policy.

2009-A1555 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1555

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GIANARIS, NOLAN, MARKEY, ROSENTHAL, FIELDS, MILL-
  MAN,  PHEFFER,  COOK,  ROBINSON,  DIAZ,  BENEDETTO,  JAFFEE,  BRADLEY,
  COLTON, GREENE, LANCMAN, PERALTA, TITONE, MAISEL, KAVANAGH  --  Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ, GOTT-
  FRIED,  HYER-SPENCER,  LATIMER,  McENENY,  PERRY,  SAYWARD, SEMINERIO,
  TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corpo-
  rations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the liability  of
  gas  and  electric  corporations  arising from the negligence of their
  employees, servants or agents

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

   Section 1.  Subdivision 12 of section 66 of the public service law is
amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
  NOTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO, AND NO
RULE, REGULATION, ORDER OR PRACTICE OF THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  AUTHORIZE
THE  FILING BY ANY GAS CORPORATION OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION OF ANY SCHED-
ULE SETTING FORTH RULES OR REGULATIONS  RELATING  TO  RATES  OR  SERVICE
WHICH,  IN  WORDS  OR  EFFECT, ABSOLVE OR ATTEMPT TO ABSOLVE SUCH CORPO-
RATION FROM LIABILITY FOR THE INTERRUPTION  OF  ITS  SUPPLY  OF  SERVICE
ARISING  FROM  THE  ORDINARY  NEGLIGENCE  OF  ITS EMPLOYEES, SERVANTS OR
AGENTS.  ANY PART OF ANY SCHEDULE  FILED  BY  SUCH  CORPORATION  SETTING
FORTH  ANY SUCH RULES OR REGULATIONS RELATING TO ABSOLUTION FROM LIABIL-
ITY SHALL BE DEEMED VOID AS AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03838-01-9

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