Assembly Actions -
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Mar 09, 2023 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S5632
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 40th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-S5632 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Consumer Protection
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §349-g, Gen Bus L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S8765
2023-S5632 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5632 SPONSOR: HARCKHAM TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to consumer protection and utility meter choice PURPOSE: Relates to consumer protection and utility meter choice SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the general business law by adding a new section to provide the right of every consumer of an electric or gas corporation, at no penalty, fee, or service charge, to decline permission to their electric corporation or gas corporation: (a) to replace an existing analog utility meter that is assigned to such a consumer's account with a digital utility meter; or
2023-S5632 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5632 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to consumer protection and utility meter choice THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 349-g to read as follows: § 349-G. CONSUMER PROTECTION AND UTILITY METER CHOICE. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (A) "ANALOG UTILITY METER" SHALL MEAN A NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVED ELECTRO-MECHANICAL UTILITY METER THAT MEASURES A UTILITY CONSUMER'S ELECTRIC, WATER OR GAS USAGE AND DOES NOT CONTAIN OR UTILIZE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS OR SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLY AND DOES NOT EXTRACT, STORE, OR TRANSMIT PRIVATE UTILITY USAGE DATA OR RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION. (B) "DIGITAL UTILITY METER" SHALL MEAN A NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION APPROVED, RADIOFREQUENCY TRANSMITTING OR NON-TRANSMITTING UTILITY METER THAT UTILIZES ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLY, ANTENNAS AND BATTERIES, TO MEAS- URE, EXTRACT, STORE AND/OR TRANSMIT ELECTRIC, WATER OR GAS USAGE. 2. FOR THE PROTECTION OF CONSUMER HEALTH, SAFETY AND/OR PRIVACY NEEDS, IT SHALL BE THE RIGHT OF EVERY CONSUMER OF AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER-WORKS CORPORATION OR GAS CORPORATION, AT NO PENALTY, FEE OR SERVICE CHARGE, TO DECLINE PERMISSION TO THEIR ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER-WORKS CORPORATION OR GAS CORPORATION: (A) TO REPLACE AN EXISTING ANALOG UTILITY METER AT SUCH CONSUMER'S PREMISES THAT IS ASSIGNED TO SUCH CONSUMER'S ACCOUNT WITH A DIGITAL UTILITY METER; OR (B) TO INSTALL A DIGITAL UTILITY METER AT THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT SUCH CONSUMER'S CONSENT. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09933-02-3
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