Bill Text: NY A03552 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords or lessors, upon request of prospective tenants or lessees, information concerning gas and electric charges incurred for residential rental premises; provides that such information shall be furnished without any charge or fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-12 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [A03552 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03552-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3552
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 28, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CAMARA, ROBINSON, WRIGHT, ROSENTHAL, MILLER,
         JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  CLARK  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Energy
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public service law, in relation to making gas and
         electric billing information for residential rental premises available
         upon request
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
    2  66-n to read as follows:
    3    S 66-N. GAS AND ELECTRIC BILLING INFORMATION  FOR  RESIDENTIAL  RENTAL
    4  PREMISES.  EVERY  GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION AND MUNICIPALITY
    5  SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY LANDLORD OR  LESSOR  OF  RESIDENTIAL  RENTAL
    6  PREMISES,  WITHIN TEN DAYS OF RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR FROM
    7  ANY PROSPECTIVE TENANT OR LESSEE THEREOF, PRIOR TO THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF
    8  TENANCY  OR  EXECUTION OF A LEASE, INFORMATION CONSISTING OF THE CHARGES
    9  INCURRED AT SUCH PREMISES FOR GAS OR ELECTRIC SERVICE OR  BOTH  FOR  THE
   10  LIFE OF THE DWELLING UNIT OR THE PRECEDING TWO YEAR PERIOD, WHICHEVER IS
   11  SHORTER.  SUCH  INFORMATION SHALL BE IDENTIFIED SOLELY BY THE ADDRESS OF
   12  THE DWELLING UNIT, AND  NO  OTHER  INFORMATION  IDENTIFYING  THE  OWNER,
   13  LESSEE, OR OTHER OCCUPANT OF THE DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE UTILIZED FOR, OR
   14  MADE AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH, THE FURNISHING OF BILLING INFORMATION
   15  PURSUANT  TO  THIS SECTION.  SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE FURNISHED TO BOTH
   16  THE LANDLORD OR LESSOR AND TO THE PROSPECTIVE TENANT OR  LESSEE  WITHOUT
   17  THE IMPOSITION OF ANY CHARGE OR FEE THEREFOR BY ANY PARTY TO ANY PARTY.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   19  it  shall have become a law; provided that the public service commission
   20  is authorized to  promulgate any and all rules and regulations and  take
   21  any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date
   22  on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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