| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2020 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S8896
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
2019-S8896 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S8896 (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.
2019-S8896 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8896
SPONSOR: KAPLAN
TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE:
This legislation creates a discount on a consumer's bills for every day
they are without service for a period of time of every 24 hours.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 119-d to the public service law to provide
a consumer with a reduction of 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. This
legislation covers gas corporations, electric corporations, gas and
2019-S8896 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8896
I N S E N A T E
August 11, 2020
___________
Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- 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 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
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