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Assembly Bill A4749

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to certain charges for advanced metering infrastructure for water-works corporation services

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2025-A4749 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §89-q, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10313

2025-A4749 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that every customer of a water-works corporation, at no penalty, fee or service charge to decline the permission of the water-works corporation to replace an existing meter at such customer's premises that is assigned to such customer's account.

2025-A4749 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4749
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to certain charges
   for  advanced  metering  infrastructure  for  water-works  corporation
   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
 89-q to read as follows:
   §  89-Q.  ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE DEVICES FOR WATER SERVICES.
 IT SHALL BE THE RIGHT OF EVERY CUSTOMER OF A WATER-WORKS CORPORATION, AT
 NO PENALTY, FEE OR SERVICE CHARGE  TO  DECLINE  THE  PERMISSION  OF  THE
 WATER-WORKS  CORPORATION TO REPLACE AN EXISTING METER AT SUCH CUSTOMER'S
 PREMISES THAT IS ASSIGNED TO SUCH CUSTOMER'S ACCOUNT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07311-01-5

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