| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
| Jan 08, 2021 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Senate Bill S1247
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
2021-S1247 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S1247 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits gas and electric corporations from filing any schedules setting forth rules or regulations which absolve or attempt to absolve such corporations from liability for the interruption of its supply of service arising from the ordinary negligence of its employees, servants or agents and provides that any such schedules filed are void as against public policy.
2021-S1247 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1247
SPONSOR: GIANARIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to the liability of
gas and electric corporations arising from the negligence of their
employees, servants or agents
PURPOSE:
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends subdivision 12 of § 66 of the Public Service Law to
prohibit the filing by gas or electric corporations of any schedules
absolving any such corporation from liability for the interruption of
its supply of services arising from the ordinary negligence of its
employees, servants, or agents. Any such schedule currently filed is
deemed void as against public Policy.
Section 2 sets the effective date.
2021-S1247 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1247
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 8, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the liability of
gas and electric corporations arising from the negligence of their
employees, servants or agents
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 66 of the public service law is
amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO, AND NO
RULE, REGULATION, ORDER OR PRACTICE OF THE COMMISSION SHALL AUTHORIZE
THE FILING BY ANY GAS CORPORATION OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION OF ANY SCHED-
ULE SETTING FORTH RULES OR REGULATIONS RELATING TO RATES OR SERVICE
WHICH, IN WORDS OR EFFECT, ABSOLVE OR ATTEMPT TO ABSOLVE SUCH CORPO-
RATION FROM LIABILITY FOR THE INTERRUPTION OF ITS SUPPLY OF SERVICE
ARISING FROM THE ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE OF ITS EMPLOYEES, SERVANTS OR
AGENTS. ANY PART OF ANY SCHEDULE FILED BY SUCH CORPORATION SETTING
FORTH ANY SUCH RULES OR REGULATIONS RELATING TO ABSOLUTION FROM LIABIL-
ITY SHALL BE DEEMED VOID AS AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03090-01-1
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