Bill Text: NY A00050 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 50 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires inspection and regulation of all electric and gas meters that measure usage of any end use customer of electricity or gas services by the public service commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-01 - advanced to third reading cal.587 [A00050 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          50
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. HEVESI, O'DONNELL, KELLNER, DINOWITZ, GOTTFRIED,
         COLTON, JAFFEE, MOYA, ROSENTHAL, V. LOPEZ -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
         of  A.  AUBRY, BOYLAND, BRENNAN, FARRELL, GABRYSZAK, GLICK, SCHIMEL --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
       AN ACT to amend  the  public  service  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
         inspection  and regulation of all electric and gas meters that measure
         usage of any end use customer of electricity or gas  services  by  the
         public service commission
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 67 of the public service  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  446  of  the  laws  of 1972, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. The commission shall appoint inspectors of electric and gas  meters
    5  WHICH  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION SHALL MEAN ALL ELECTRIC AND GAS
    6  METERS THAT MEASURE USAGE OF ANY END USE CUSTOMER OF ELECTRICITY OR  GAS
    7  SERVICES  whose  duty  it  shall be, when required by the commission, to
    8  inspect, examine and ascertain the accuracy of any and all electric  and
    9  gas  meters  used  or intended to be used for measuring and ascertaining
   10  the quantity of electric current or gas furnished  for  light,  heat  or
   11  power  by  any  person, corporation or municipality to or for the use of
   12  any person or corporation, and to inspect,  examine  and  ascertain  the
   13  accuracy  of all apparatus for testing and proving the accuracy of elec-
   14  tric and gas meters, and when found to be or  made  to  be  correct  the
   15  inspector  shall  stamp  or mark all such meters and apparatus with some
   16  suitable device, which device shall be recorded in  the  office  of  the
   17  secretary  of  state.    No  corporation,  person  or municipality shall
   18  furnish, set or put in use any electric or gas meter the type  of  which
   19  shall not have been approved by the commission.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00264-01-3
       A. 50                               2
    1    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    2  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    3  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
    4  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
    5  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
    6  effective date.