Bill Text: NY A01374 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides the NYC water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board and/or sewerage systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A01374 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01374-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1374

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. COLTON, COOK -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to  establishing
          a  time  limit to challenge the New York City water board fees, rates,
          rents and other service charges

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 4 of section 1045-g of the public authorities
     2  law, as amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 2001, is amended  to  read
     3  as follows:
     4    4.  To  establish,  fix,  revise,  charge  and collect and enforce the
     5  payment of all fees, rates, rents and other service charges for the  use
     6  of, or services furnished by the sewerage system, water system, or both,
     7  as the case may be, so as to receive revenues which, together with other
     8  revenues available to the board, if any, shall be at least sufficient at
     9  all  times so that such system or systems shall be placed on a self-sus-
    10  taining basis in accordance with section one  thousand  forty-five-j  of
    11  this title; provided, however that the water board shall not establish a
    12  limit of less than [four] six years commencing from the date of the bill
    13  for  services  to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges
    14  for the use of or  services  furnished  by  the  water  and/or  sewerage
    15  systems;  any  such challenge shall specifically set forth the basis for
    16  such claim;
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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