Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 24, 2018 |
signed chap.213 |
Aug 13, 2018 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 14, 2018 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1787 substituted for s3644 |
Feb 27, 2018 |
referred to energy and telecommunications delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 03, 2018 |
ordered to third reading cal.194 returned to assembly died in senate |
Mar 07, 2017 |
referred to energy and telecommunications delivered to senate passed assembly |
Mar 02, 2017 |
advanced to third reading cal.100 |
Mar 01, 2017 |
reported |
Jan 20, 2017 |
referred to energy |
Assembly Bill A2451
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SIMOTAS
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Kevin Cahill
Charles Barron
2017-A2451 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A2451 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2451 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Energy AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the discontinua- tion of utility service to residential customers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 39 of the public service law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. UPON DISCONTINUATION OF UTILITY SERVICE TO A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER, A GAS OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL NOTIFY SUCH CUSTOMER OF THEIR RIGHT TO AN ACTUAL METER READING. IT SHALL BE THE RIGHT OF EVERY RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER OF A GAS OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION, UPON THE DISCONTINUATION OF UTILITY SERVICE, TO OBTAIN, UPON REQUEST, AN ACTUAL METER READING BY SUCH CUSTOMER'S GAS OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION. A GAS OR ELECTRIC CORPO- RATION SHALL PROVIDE SUCH A READING WITHIN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS OF SUCH REQUEST, PROVIDED THAT IF CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE GAS OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION MAKE AN ACTUAL READING OF THE METER EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, SUCH CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN ACTUAL METER READING. A GAS OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A PHYSICAL METER READING DURING A HOLIDAY OR NON-WORK DAY, BUT SHALL INSTEAD PROVIDE SUCH METER READING ON THE NEXT WORKDAY. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04207-01-7
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