Prohibits electric, gas, telephone, cellular telephone, television, internet, energy, water services or any other utility providers from imposing additional fees related to administrative surcharges, fees for non-use or any other charges to customers living at their primary residence who are over sixty-five years of age or who have a developmental disability.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5328
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public service law and the general business law, in
relation to prohibiting utility companies from imposing certain addi-
tional fees to customers at their primary residence who are over
sixty-five years of age or who have a developmental disability
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 65 of the public service law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
17. NO COMPANY THAT PROVIDES ELECTRIC, GAS OR ANY OTHER UTILITY SHALL
IMPOSE ADDITIONAL FEES RELATED TO ADMINISTRATIVE SURCHARGES, FEES FOR
NON-USE AND ANY OTHER CHARGES TO CUSTOMERS OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE OR
THOSE WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWEN-
TY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, AND WHEN THE PREMISES
RECEIVING SERVICE IS A PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
§ 2. Section 91 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 15 to read as follows:
15. NO COMPANY THAT PROVIDES TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH SERVICES SHALL
IMPOSE ADDITIONAL FEES RELATED TO ADMINISTRATIVE SURCHARGES, FEES FOR
NON-USE AND ANY OTHER CHARGES TO CUSTOMERS OVER THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE OR
THOSE WITH A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWEN-
TY-TWO OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW, WHEN THE PREMISES
RECEIVING SERVICE IS A PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
§ 3. Subdivision 2 of section 89-b of the public service law, as added
by chapter 715 of the laws of 1931, is amended to read as follows:
2. No water-works corporation shall directly or indirectly, by any
special rate, rebate, drawback or other device or method, charge,
demand, collect or receive from any person or corporation a greater or
less compensation for water, or for equipment or for any service
rendered or to be rendered or in connection therewith, except as author-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09181-01-5
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