Bill Text: NY A09007 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that an action to recover the amount of an overcharge based upon a mistake or billing error made by an electric, gas or telephone corporation must be commenced within ten years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-01 - referred to judiciary [A09007 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09007-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9007

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2024
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to statute
          of limitations for certain overcharges

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Section 212 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
     2  by adding a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
     3    (f) Overcharge based on mistake or billing error. An action to recover
     4  the  amount  of an overcharge based upon a mistake or billing error made
     5  by an electric, gas, or telephone corporation must be  commenced  within
     6  ten years.
     7    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
     8  causes of action occurring on or after such date.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00390-01-3