Bill Text: NY A03871 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the New York city water board to grant a 10 percent discount on NYC water bills to senior citizens.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to cities [A03871 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A03871-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3871 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 29, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to providing a discount for senior citizens in the city of New York for such persons' water bills THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 1045-j of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 3 3-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, THE WATER BOARD MAY PROVIDE A TEN 4 PERCENT DISCOUNT FOR ALL SENIOR CITIZENS FROM THE FEE, RATE, RENT OR 5 OTHER CHARGE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS 6 SUBDIVISION, "SENIOR CITIZEN" SHALL MEAN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY WHO IS 7 AGE SIXTY-FIVE OR OLDER. THE WATER BOARD MAY PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU- 8 LATIONS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION. 9 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 10 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03917-01-3