Bill Text: NY A00093 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the NYC water board from enacting any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer, including timeframes for appeals and receiving refunds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to cities [A00093 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00093-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           93
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON,
          WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT relating to prohibiting the New York city water board from adopt-
          ing any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation by any local govern-
     2  ment,  the  New York city water board is hereby prohibited from adopting
     3  any rules or regulations that reduce  the  timeframe  for  consumers  to
     4  appeal  bills  or receive refunds or are otherwise less favorable to the
     5  consumer and where backbilling errors are discovered  in  favor  of  the
     6  consumer,  the  New  York  city  water board shall provide for and order
     7  refunds up to six years.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02519-01-9