Bill Text: NY S06619 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to public hearing requirements before a gas or electric corporation closes a call center.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-17 - SIGNED CHAP.520 [S06619 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06619-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6619--A
           Cal. No. 188
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 14, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sens. SAVINO, MAZIARZ, ADDABBO, MARTINS, TKACZYK -- read
         twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
         Committee  on Energy and Telecommunications -- reported favorably from
         said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
         reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
         order of third reading
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public service law, in relation to public hearing
         requirements before a gas or electric corporation closes a call center
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 13 of section 65 of the public
    2  service  law, as added by chapter 330 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    (b) No gas or electric corporation shall close a call center or  other
    5  facility providing the customer assistance set forth in paragraph (a) of
    6  this subdivision or relocate such customer assistance to another area of
    7  New  York  state or outside of New York state without notice and hearing
    8  before the commission.  UPON RECEIPT OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO
    9  THIS PARAGRAPH, THE COMMISSION SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE PROCEEDING TO
   10  INTERESTED PARTIES AND THE PUBLIC; AND SHALL PROMPTLY FIX A DATE FOR THE
   11  COMMENCEMENT  OF A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON NOT LESS THAN SIXTY DAYS AFTER
   12  SUCH RECEIPT. THE TESTIMONY PRESENTED AT SUCH HEARING MAY  BE  PRESENTED
   13  IN  WRITING  OR  ORALLY,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  COMMISSION MAY MAKE RULES
   14  DESIGNED TO EXCLUDE REPETITIVE, REDUNDANT OR IRRELEVANT TESTIMONY  WHILE
   15  GIVING  ALL INTERESTED PARTIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR DOCUMEN-
   16  TARY AND/OR TESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE.  THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE A RECORD OF
   17  ALL TESTIMONY IN ALL CONTESTED HEARINGS. FOR PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION
   18  "PUBLIC  HEARING"  MEANS A PUBLIC FORUM AT A PHYSICAL LOCATION, ATTENDED
   19  BY COMMISSION MEMBERS  OR  THEIR  DESIGNEES,  WHERE  ORAL  TESTIMONY  IS
   20  ACCEPTED  AND  WRITTEN  TESTIMONY  MAY BE SUBMITTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE
   21  RECORD. SUCH FORUM SHALL BE OPEN TO PARTIES TO THE  PROCEEDING  AND  THE
   22  GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE PRESENTATION OF COMMENTS THAT SHALL BE LIMITED TO
   23  RELEVANT  FACTS  DIRECTLY  RELATED  TO  THE PROCEEDING IN QUESTION. SUCH
   24  HEARING SHALL BE COMMENCED UPON PROPER NOTICE  TO  THE  PARTIES  TO  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13865-03-4
       S. 6619--A                          2
    1  PROCEEDING  AND  THE  PUBLIC AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED
    2  DATE.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.