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Feb 06, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
Feb 01, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
Jan 31, 2023 | 1st report cal.216 |
Jan 11, 2023 | referred to judiciary |
senate Bill S1243
Sponsored By
Liz Krueger
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
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S1243 (ACTIVE) - Details
S1243 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1243 SPONSOR: KRUEGER TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to statute of limitations for certain overcharges SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section two hundred twelve of the civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows: Overcharge based on mistake oòr billing error. An action to recover the amount of an overcharge based upon a mistake or billing error made by an electric, gas or telephone corporation must be commenced within ten years. JUSTIFICATION: Utility company billing errors caused by faulty wire connections, incor- rect computer computations, installation mishap or other mistakes often continue for years without detection. Even when the utility company in question acknowledges the error and can account for the amount of the
S1243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1243 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to statute of limitations for certain overcharges THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 212 of the civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows: (F) OVERCHARGE BASED ON MISTAKE OR BILLING ERROR. AN ACTION TO RECOVER THE AMOUNT OF AN OVERCHARGE BASED UPON A MISTAKE OR BILLING ERROR MADE BY AN ELECTRIC, GAS, OR TELEPHONE CORPORATION MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN TEN YEARS. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all causes of action occurring on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00390-01-3
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