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Senate Bill S9013A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring emergency notices be provided to consumers in certain languages

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2019-S9013 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §44, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3261
2023-2024: S1260
2025-2026: S2258

2019-S9013 - Summary

Requires every utility corporation or municipality who sends an emergency notice to consumers to make available and provide such notice in English, Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, and Tagalog.

2019-S9013 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S9013 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9013
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 28, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to  requiring  emer-
   gency notices be provided to consumers in certain languages
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The section heading of section 44  of  the  public  service
 law,  as added by chapter 713 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as
 follows:
   Utility bills[;] AND informational notices.
   § 2. Section 44 of the public service law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  THE  COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE EVERY UTILITY CORPORATION OR MUNICI-
 PALITY WHO SENDS AN EMERGENCY NOTICE TO ITS CONSUMERS TO MAKE  AVAILABLE
 AND  PROVIDE  SUCH  EMERGENCY NOTICE IN ENGLISH AND ANY OTHER PREVAILING
 LANGUAGE AS THE COMMISSION DEEMS NECESSARY WHICH SHALL INCLUDE  SPANISH,
 HAITIAN-CREOLE, MANDARIN, CANTONESE, ARABIC, AND TAGALOG.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17405-01-0

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2019-S9013A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §44, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3261
2023-2024: S1260
2025-2026: S2258

2019-S9013A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every utility corporation or municipality who sends an emergency notice to consumers to make available and provide such notice in English, Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, and Tagalog.

2019-S9013A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S9013A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9013--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 28, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring emer-
   gency notices be provided to consumers in certain languages

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  section  heading of section 44 of the public service
 law, as added by chapter 713 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   Utility bills[;] AND informational notices.
   §  2.  Section 44 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE EVERY UTILITY CORPORATION  OR  MUNICI-
 PALITY  WHO SENDS AN EMERGENCY NOTICE TO ITS CONSUMERS TO MAKE AVAILABLE
 AND PROVIDE SUCH EMERGENCY NOTICE IN ENGLISH AND  ANY  OTHER  PREVAILING
 LANGUAGE  AS THE COMMISSION DEEMS NECESSARY WHICH SHALL INCLUDE SPANISH,
 HAITIAN-CREOLE, MANDARIN, CANTONESE, ARABIC,  FRENCH,  URDU,  HINDI  AND
 TAGALOG.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17405-02-0

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