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Sep 09, 2020 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
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Inez E. Dickens
Judy Griffin
Walter T. Mosley
Ellen C. Jaffee
A11020 (ACTIVE) - Details
A11020 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides a discount to consumers who have a contract for service with a gas corporation, electric corporation, gas and electric corporation, water corporation, steam corporation, telegraph corporation, telephone corporation, cable television company, internet service provider or a municipality rendering equivalent utility services for failure to provide contracted services for a period of at least twenty-four hours.
A11020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11020 I N A S S E M B L Y September 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to providing a discount to consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted services 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 119-d to read as follows: § 119-D. FAILURE TO PROVIDE CONTRACTED SERVICES. A CONSUMER WHO HAS A CONTRACT FOR SERVICE WITH A GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION, GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER CORPORATION, STEAM CORPORATION, TELE- GRAPH CORPORATION, TELEPHONE CORPORATION, CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY SERVICES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT WHEN THE SERVICE SUCH CONSUMER HAS CONTRACTED FOR IS NOT PROVIDED FOR BY SUCH GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION, GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER CORPORATION, STEAM CORPORATION, TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, TELEPHONE CORPORATION, CABLE TELE- VISION COMPANY, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. SUCH DISCOUNT SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE MONTHLY CHARGES ASSESSED BY SUCH GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION, GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER CORPORATION, STEAM CORPORATION, TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, TELEPHONE CORPORATION, CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY SERVICES BY REDUCING SUCH MONTHLY CHARGES BY A PERCENTAGE THAT IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF THE BILLING CYCLE DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF DAYS SUCH CONTRACTED SERVICE WAS NOT PROVIDED TO THE CONSUMER. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD17096-02-0