Bill Text: NY A04338 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the NYC water board from enacting any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer, including timeframes for appeals and receiving refunds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-25 - reported referred to ways and means [A04338 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04338-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4338
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 4, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. PERRY, COLTON -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Cities
       AN ACT relating to prohibiting the New York city water board from adopt-
         ing any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation by any local govern-
    2  ment,  the  New York city water board is hereby prohibited from adopting
    3  any rules or regulations that reduce  the  timeframe  for  consumers  to
    4  appeal  bills  or receive refunds or are otherwise less favorable to the
    5  consumer and where backbilling errors are discovered  in  favor  of  the
    6  consumer,  the  New  York  city  water board shall provide for and order
    7  refunds up to six years.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00015-01-3