Bill Text: NY A04708 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prevents gas and electric corporations from charging surcharge greater than five percent of basic charge.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-06 - held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions [A04708 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04708-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4708
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public service law, in relation to limiting the
         amount of surcharge which may be charged by a gas or electric company
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 65 of the public service law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
    3    7-A.  NO  GAS  CORPORATION,  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION OR GAS AND ELECTRIC
    4  CORPORATION MAY IMPOSE A SURCHARGE OF GREATER THAN FIVE PERCENT  OF  THE
    5  CHARGE FOR BASIC SERVICE.
    6    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    7  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08404-01-3