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Assembly Bill A9961

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Clarifies how certain non-billing information regarding the delivery of water is disclosed to residents of cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family dwellings

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2021-A9961 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89-c, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A4403
2025-2026: A2431

2021-A9961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies how certain non-billing information regarding the delivery of water is disclosed to residents of cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family dwellings; requires water-works corporations to notify customers of their ability to receive non-billing related information.

2021-A9961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9961
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 21, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation  to  clarifying  how
   certain  non-billing  information  regarding  the delivery of water is
   disclosed to residents of cooperatives, condominiums  or  multi-family
   dwellings

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 17 of section 89-c of the public  service  law,
 as  added  by  chapter  191  of  the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   17. The commission shall [have  power  to]  require  each  water-works
 corporation  to  establish  a  process for residents of any cooperative,
 condominium or multi-family  dwelling  with  five  or  more  residential
 units,  which uses a master meter to distribute water to such residents,
 to obtain non-billing  related  information  IN  THE  SAME  MANNER  THAT
 CUSTOMERS  OF  SUCH WATER-WORKS CORPORATION ARE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE SUCH
 INFORMATION regarding the delivery of water including but not limited to
 service updates, water quality  notices  and  other  information  deemed
 essential  to water consumers.  THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE EACH WATER-
 WORKS CORPORATION TO IDENTIFY ALL COOPERATIVES, CONDOMINIUMS  OR  MULTI-
 FAMILY  DWELLINGS WITH FIVE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHICH USE A MASTER
 METER WITHIN THEIR TERRITORY, AND SUCH  WATER-WORKS  CORPORATION  SHALL,
 INITIALLY  AND  PERIODICALLY  THEREAFTER,  PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO ALL
 RESIDENTS IN THE IDENTIFIED COOPERATIVES, CONDOMINIUMS  OR  MULTI-FAMILY
 DWELLINGS  WITH  FIVE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHICH USE A MASTER METER
 WITHIN THEIR TERRITORY OF  THE  OPTION  TO  OBTAIN  NON-BILLING  RELATED
 INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR WATER SERVICE. SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE
 AN  OPTION  FOR  SUCH  RESIDENT  TO  PROVIDE  CONTACT  INFORMATION AND A
 PREFERRED METHOD OF CONTACT OF THE RESIDENT FOR PURPOSES  OF  DISCLOSING
 NON-BILLING RELATED INFORMATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15355-02-2

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