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Assembly Bill A6632

Vetoed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires utility bills to display information regarding powertochooseny.com

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2009-A6632 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3099
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง44, Pub Serv L

2009-A6632 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires utility bills to display information regarding powertochooseny.com.

2009-A6632 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 3099                                                  A. 6632

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             March 10, 2009
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Energy
  and Telecommunications

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring utility
  bills to display information regarding powertochooseny.com

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

  Section 1. Section 44 of the public service law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. EACH BILLING STATEMENT AND INFORMATIONAL NOTICE ISSUED BY A UTILITY
CORPORATION OR MUNICIPALITY SHALL PROMINENTLY DISPLAY A NOTICE  ADVISING
CUSTOMERS  OF  THE  EXISTENCE  OF THE POWERTOCHOOSENY.COM WEBSITE.   THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL SPECIFY THE FORM  AND  CONTENT  OF  SUCH  NOTICES  TO
FURTHER  THE  OBJECTIVES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION SHALL APPLY TO BOTH WRITTEN AND  ELECTRONIC  BILLING  STATEMENTS
AND NOTICES.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately the commissioner of the  public
service  commission shall promulgate such rules and regulations as shall
be necessary and proper to effectuate the  purposes  and  provisions  of
this act.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09346-01-9

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