Bill Text: NY A01555 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to the liability of gas and electric corporations arising from the negligence of their employees, servants or agents

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A01555 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A01555-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1555
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced by M. of A. GIANARIS, NOLAN, MARKEY, ROSENTHAL, FIELDS, MILL-
         MAN,  PHEFFER,  COOK,  ROBINSON,  DIAZ,  BENEDETTO,  JAFFEE,  BRADLEY,
         COLTON, GREENE, LANCMAN, PERALTA, TITONE, MAISEL, KAVANAGH  --  Multi-
         Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ, GOTT-
         FRIED,  HYER-SPENCER,  LATIMER,  McENENY,  PERRY,  SAYWARD, SEMINERIO,
         TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corpo-
         rations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the liability  of
         gas  and  electric  corporations  arising from the negligence of their
         employees, servants or agents
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1     Section 1.  Subdivision 12 of section 66 of the public service law is
    2  amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
    3    NOTHING  CONTAINED  IN  THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO, AND NO
    4  RULE, REGULATION, ORDER OR PRACTICE OF THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  AUTHORIZE
    5  THE  FILING BY ANY GAS CORPORATION OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION OF ANY SCHED-
    6  ULE SETTING FORTH RULES OR REGULATIONS  RELATING  TO  RATES  OR  SERVICE
    7  WHICH,  IN  WORDS  OR  EFFECT, ABSOLVE OR ATTEMPT TO ABSOLVE SUCH CORPO-
    8  RATION FROM LIABILITY FOR THE INTERRUPTION  OF  ITS  SUPPLY  OF  SERVICE
    9  ARISING  FROM  THE  ORDINARY  NEGLIGENCE  OF  ITS EMPLOYEES, SERVANTS OR
   10  AGENTS.  ANY PART OF ANY SCHEDULE  FILED  BY  SUCH  CORPORATION  SETTING
   11  FORTH  ANY SUCH RULES OR REGULATIONS RELATING TO ABSOLUTION FROM LIABIL-
   12  ITY SHALL BE DEEMED VOID AS AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
   13    S 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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