Bill Text: NY A03780 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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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 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-04 - ordered to third reading cal.148 [A03780 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03780-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3780--A
                                                                Cal. No. 59
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. JEFFRIES, ROBINSON, WRIGHT, ROSENTHAL, REILLY,
         M. MILLER, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, PHEFFER  --
         read  once  and  referred  to the Committee on Energy -- reported from
         committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
         retaining its place on the order of third reading
       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-m to read as follows:
    3    S  66-M.  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.
                                                                  LBD06297-03-1