Bill Text: NY S01453 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to extending a moratorium on utility termination of services after the COVID-19 state of emergency is lifted or expires for a period of 180 days after such expiration or until December 31, 2021 whichever is later.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-11 - SIGNED CHAP.106 [S01453 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S01453-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1453--B Cal. No. 116 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 12, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, GAUGHRAN, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN, KAPLAN, KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend chapter 108 of the laws of 2020, amending the public service law relating to issuing a moratorium on utility termination of services during periods of pandemics and/or state of emergencies, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof; to amend the public service law and the general business law, in relation to issuing a moratorium on utility termination of services; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 108 of the laws of 2020, amending the 2 public service law relating to issuing a moratorium on utility termi- 3 nation of services during periods of pandemics and/or state of emergen- 4 cies, as amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 126 of the laws of 5 2020, is amended to read as follows: 6 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire [March731, 2021] July 1, 2022 when upon such date the provisions of this act 8 shall be deemed repealed. 9 § 2. Subdivisions 6, 7, 8 and 9 of section 32 of the public service 10 law, subdivision 6 as amended and subdivisions 7, 8 and 9 as added by 11 chapter 108 of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows: 12 6. No utility corporation or municipality shall terminate or discon- 13 nect services to any residential customer or a small business customer EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05968-07-1S. 1453--B 2 1 with twenty-five or fewer employees that is not a (a) publicly held 2 company, or a subsidiary thereof, (b) seasonal, short-term, or temporary 3 customer, (c) high energy customer as defined by the commission, or (d) 4 customer that the utility can demonstrate has the resources to pay the 5 bill, provided that the utility notifies the small business customer of 6 its reasons and of the customer's right to contest this determination 7 through the commission's complaint procedures, for the non-payment of an 8 overdue charge for the duration of the state disaster emergency declared 9 pursuant to executive order two hundred two of two thousand twenty 10 (hereinafter "the COVID-19 state of emergency"). 11 Utility corporations and municipalities shall have a duty to restore 12 service, to the extent not already required under this chapter, to any 13 residential or small business customer within forty-eight hours if such 14 service has been terminated during the pendency of the COVID-19 state of 15 emergency. 16 7. For a period of one hundred eighty days after either the COVID-19 17 state of emergency is lifted or expires or December thirty-first, two 18 thousand twenty-one, whichever is earlier, no utility corporation or 19 municipality shall terminate or disconnect the service of a residential 20 or small business customer because of defaulted deferred payment agree- 21 ments or arrears owed to the utility corporation or municipality when 22 such customer has experienced a change in financial circumstances due to 23 the COVID-19 state of emergency, as defined by the department. The util- 24 ity corporation or municipality shall provide such residential or small 25 business customer with the right to enter into, or restructure, a 26 deferred payment agreement without the requirement of a down payment, 27 late fees, or penalties, as such is provided for in this article with 28 such prohibition on down payments, late fees, or penalties applicable to 29 all arrears incurred during the duration of the COVID-19 state of emer- 30 gency. 31 8. Every utility corporation or municipality shall provide notice to 32 residential and small business customers, in a writing to be included 33 with a bill statement or, when appropriate, via electronic transmission 34 the provisions of this section and shall further make reasonable efforts 35 to contact customers who have demonstrated a change in financial circum- 36 stances due to the COVID-19 state of emergency for the purpose of offer- 37 ing such customers a deferred payment agreement consistent with the 38 provisions of this article. 39 9. Implementation of the provisions of this section shall not prohibit 40 a utility or municipality from recovering lost or deferred revenues 41 after either the lifting or expiration of the COVID-19 state of emergen- 42 cy or December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, whichever is 43 earlier, pursuant to such means for recovery as are provided for in this 44 chapter, and by means not inconsistent with any of the provisions of 45 this article. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a utility corpo- 46 ration or municipality from disconnecting service necessary to protect 47 the health and safety of customers and the public. 48 § 3. Subdivisions 8, 9, 10 and 11 of section 89-b of the public 49 service law, as added by chapter 108 of the laws of 2020, are amended 50 and a new subdivision 12 is added to read as follows: 51 8. No water-works corporation shall terminate or disconnect the supply 52 of water to residential accounts or the account of a small business 53 customer with twenty-five or fewer employees that is not a (a) publicly 54 held company, or a subsidiary thereof, (b) seasonal, short-term, or 55 temporary customer, (c) high energy customer as defined by the commis- 56 sion, or (d) customer that the utility can demonstrate has the resourcesS. 1453--B 3 1 to pay the bill, provided that the utility notifies the small business 2 customer of its reasons and of the customer's right to contest this 3 determination through the commission's complaint procedures, for the 4 non-payment of water rents, rates or charges for the duration of the 5 state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order two 6 hundred two of two thousand twenty (hereinafter "the COVID-19 state of 7 emergency"). Water-works corporations shall have a duty to restore 8 service, to the extent not already required under this chapter, to any 9 residential or small business customer within forty-eight hours if such 10 service has been terminated during the pendency of the COVID-19 state of 11 emergency. 12 9. For a period of one hundred eighty days after either the COVID-19 13 state of emergency is lifted or expires or December thirty-first, two 14 thousand twenty-one, whichever is earlier, no water-works corporation 15 shall terminate or disconnect the service of a residential or small 16 business customer account because of defaulted deferred payment agree- 17 ments or arrears owed to the water-works corporation when such customer 18 has experienced a change in financial circumstances due to the COVID-19 19 state of emergency as defined by the department. The water-works corpo- 20 ration shall provide such residential or small business customer with 21 the right to enter into, or restructure, a deferred payment agreement 22 without the requirement of a down payment, late fees, or penalties, as 23 such is provided for in article two of this chapter. 24 10. Every water-works corporation shall provide notice to residential 25 and small business customers, in a writing to be included with a bill 26 statement or, when appropriate, via electronic transmission, the 27 provisions of this section and shall further make reasonable efforts to 28 contact customers who have demonstrated a change in financial circum- 29 stances due to the COVID-19 state of emergency for the purpose of offer- 30 ing such customers a deferred payment agreement consistent with the 31 provisions of this section and article two of this chapter. 32 11. Implementation of the provisions of this section shall not prohib- 33 it a water-works corporation from recovering lost or deferred revenues 34 after either the lifting or expiration of the COVID-19 state of emergen- 35 cy or December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, whichever is 36 earlier, pursuant to such means for recovery as are provided for in this 37 chapter, and by means not inconsistent with any of the provisions of 38 this article. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a water-works 39 corporation from disconnecting service when it is necessary to protect 40 the health and safety of customers and the public. 41 12. The public service commission shall have the authority to adjudi- 42 cate complaints and conduct investigations for violation of this section 43 in the manner provided by the provisions of this article and shall have 44 the authority to enforce the provisions of this section in accordance 45 with section twenty-six of this chapter. 46 § 4. Subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section 89-l of the public service 47 law, as added by chapter 108 of the laws of 2020, are amended and two 48 new subdivisions 4-a and 5-a are added to read as follows: 49 3. No municipality shall terminate or discontinue [residential] 50 service to, or place, sell or enforce any lien on the real property of, 51 a residential customer, a non-residential customer whose account serves 52 residential premises, or a small business with twenty-five or fewer 53 employees that is not a (a) publicly held company, or a subsidiary ther- 54 eof, (b) seasonal, short-term, or temporary customer, (c) high usage 55 customer as defined by the commission, or (d) customer that the utility 56 can demonstrate has the resources to pay the bill, provided that theS. 1453--B 4 1 utility notifies the small business customer of its reasons and of the 2 customer's right to contest this determination through the commission's 3 complaint procedures, for the nonpayment of bills, taxes, or fees, and 4 no bills, taxes, or fees charged to such customers shall otherwise 5 become a lien on real property, for the duration of the state disaster 6 emergency declared pursuant to executive order two hundred two of two 7 thousand twenty (hereinafter the "COVID-19 state of emergency") or at 8 any time when a customer is in compliance with the terms of a deferred 9 payment agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision four of this 10 section. Every municipality shall have a duty to restore service to any 11 residential customer, non-residential customer whose account serves 12 residential premises, or small business customer within forty-eight 13 hours of the effective date of this subdivision if such service has been 14 terminated during the pendency of the COVID-19 state of emergency. 15 4. For a period of one hundred eighty days after either the COVID-19 16 state of emergency is lifted or expires or December thirty-first, two 17 thousand twenty-one, whichever is earlier, no municipality shall termi- 18 nate or discontinue the service of, or place, sell or enforce any lien 19 on the real property of, a residential customer, a non-residential 20 customer whose account serves residential premises or small business 21 customer because of bill arrears, taxes, or fees owed to the munici- 22 pality when such customer has experienced a change in financial circum- 23 stances due to the COVID-19 state of emergency, as defined by the 24 department. The municipality shall provide a residential customer, a 25 non-residential customer whose account serves residential premises, or 26 small business service customer that has experienced a change in finan- 27 cial circumstances due to the COVID-19 state of emergency with the right 28 to enter into, or restructure, a deferred payment agreement without the 29 requirement of a down payment, late fees, or penalties, as such is 30 provided for in article two of this chapter. The duration of a deferred 31 payment agreement entered into or restructured pursuant to this subdivi- 32 sion shall be determined as such is provided for in article two of this 33 chapter and shall not be limited to the period described in the first 34 sentence of this subdivision. A deferred payment agreement entered into 35 or restructured pursuant to this subdivision shall remain subject to the 36 provisions of article two of this chapter until the termination of the 37 agreement as such is provided in article two of this chapter. 38 4-a. No municipality shall terminate or discontinue service to, or 39 place, sell or enforce any lien on the real property of any residential 40 customer, non-residential customer which serves residential premises, or 41 a small business customer for the nonpayment of bill arrears, taxes, or 42 fees after either the COVID-19 state of emergency is lifted or expires 43 or December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, whichever is earlier, 44 unless at least thirty days previously it sent to that customer a notice 45 of its intention to do so together with a notice of rights under this 46 section in the form set forth in subdivision five of this section 47 5. Every municipality shall provide notice, in the same frequency that 48 the customer receives a regular bill, to residential customers, non-re- 49 sidential customers whose accounts serve residential premises, and small 50 business customers in a writing to be included with a bill statement or, 51 when appropriate, via electronic transmission the provisions of this 52 section and shall further make reasonable efforts to contact customers 53 who have demonstrated a change in financial circumstances due to the 54 COVID-19 state of emergency for the purpose of offering such customers a 55 deferred payment agreement consistent with the provisions of this 56 section and article two of this chapter.S. 1453--B 5 1 5-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this 2 section, for the purposes of subdivisions three, four, five and six of 3 this section, a "municipality" shall also include a public water author- 4 ity established pursuant to article five of the public authorities law. 5 Every municipality shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the commis- 6 sion for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of subdivisions three, 7 four, four-a, five, five-a and six of this section pursuant to sections 8 twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six of this chapter. 9 § 5. Subdivisions 9, 10, 11 and 12 of section 91 of the public service 10 law, subdivisions 9, 10 and 12 as amended by section 1 of part B of 11 chapter 126 of the laws of 2020, subdivision 11 as added by chapter 108 12 of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows: 13 9. No telephone corporation shall terminate or disconnect any services 14 provided by its infrastructure to a residential service customer or a 15 small business customer with twenty-five or fewer employees that is not 16 a (a) publicly held company, or a subsidiary thereof, (b) seasonal, 17 short-term, or temporary customer, (c) high usage customer as defined 18 by the commission, or (d) customer that the utility can demonstrate has 19 the resources to pay the bill, provided that the utility notifies the 20 small business customer of its reasons and of the customer's right to 21 contest this determination through the commission's complaint proce- 22 dures, for the non-payment of an overdue charge for the duration of the 23 state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive order two 24 hundred two of two thousand twenty (hereinafter "the COVID-19 state of 25 emergency"). Telephone corporations shall have a duty to restore 26 service, to the extent not already required under this chapter, at the 27 request of any residential or small business customer within forty-eight 28 hours if such service has been terminated during the pendency of the 29 COVID-19 state of emergency and disconnection of such service was due to 30 non-payment of an overdue charge. 31 10. For a period of one hundred eighty days after either the COVID-19 32 state of emergency is lifted or expires or December thirty-first, two 33 thousand twenty-one, whichever is earlier, no telephone corporation 34 shall terminate or disconnect [the service] any services provided by its 35 infrastructure of a residential or small business customer account 36 because of defaulted deferred payment agreements or arrears then owed to 37 the telephone corporation when such customer has experienced a change in 38 financial circumstances due to the COVID-19 state of emergency, as 39 defined by the department. The telephone corporation shall provide such 40 residential or small business customer with the right to enter into, or 41 restructure, a deferred payment agreement without the requirement of a 42 down payment, late fees, or penalties, with such prohibition on down 43 payments, late fees, or penalties applicable to all arrears incurred 44 during the pendency of the COVID-19 state of emergency. 45 11. Every telephone corporation shall provide notice to residential 46 customers and small business customers, in a writing to be included with 47 a bill statement or, when appropriate, via electronic transmission the 48 provisions of this section and shall further make reasonable efforts to 49 contact customers who have demonstrated a change in financial circum- 50 stances due to the COVID-19 state of emergency for the purpose of offer- 51 ing such customers a deferred payment agreement consistent with the 52 provisions of this section and article two of this chapter. 53 12. Implementation of the provisions of this section shall not prohib- 54 it a telephone corporation from recovering lost or deferred revenues 55 after either the lifting or expiration of the COVID-19 state of emergen- 56 cy or December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, whichever isS. 1453--B 6 1 earlier, pursuant to such means for recovery as are provided for in this 2 chapter, and by means not inconsistent with any of the provisions of 3 this article. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a telephone corpo- 4 ration from disconnecting service at the request of a customer. Nothing 5 in this section shall prohibit a telephone corporation from disconnect- 6 ing service when it is necessary to protect the health and safety of 7 customers and the public. 8 § 6. Section 216 of the public service law is amended by adding five 9 new subdivisions 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 to read as follows: 10 6. No cable television company shall terminate or disconnect services 11 provided over their infrastructure to a residential service customer or 12 a small business customer with twenty-five or fewer employees that is 13 not a (a) publicly held company, or a subsidiary thereof, (b) seasonal, 14 short-term, or temporary customer, or (c) customer that the cable tele- 15 vision company can demonstrate has the resources to pay the bill, 16 provided that the cable television company notifies the small business 17 customer of its reasons and of the customer's right to contest this 18 determination through the commission's complaint procedures, for the 19 non-payment of an overdue charge for the duration of a state disaster 20 emergency declared pursuant to executive order two hundred two of two 21 thousand twenty (hereinafter "the COVID-19 state of emergency"). Cable 22 television companies shall have a duty to restore service, to the extent 23 not already required under this chapter, at the request of any residen- 24 tial or small business customer within forty-eight hours if such service 25 has been terminated during the pendency of the COVID-19 state of emer- 26 gency and disconnection of such service was due to non-payment of an 27 overdue charge, provided, however, that cable television companies shall 28 not be required to restore service to any residential or small business 29 customer if such service had been terminated prior to the effective date 30 of this subdivision. 31 7. For a period of one hundred eighty days after either the COVID-19 32 state of emergency is lifted or expires or December thirty-first, two 33 thousand twenty-one, whichever is earlier, no cable television company 34 shall terminate or disconnect services provided over their infrastruc- 35 ture to a residential or small business customer account because of 36 defaulted deferred payment agreements or arrears then owed to the cable 37 television company when such customer has experienced a change in finan- 38 cial circumstances, as defined by the department, due to the COVID-19 39 state of emergency. The cable television company shall provide such 40 residential or small business customer with the right to enter into, or 41 restructure, a deferred payment agreement without the requirement of a 42 down payment, late fees, or penalties, with such prohibition on down 43 payments, late fees, or penalties applicable to all arrears incurred 44 during the pendency of the COVID-19 state of emergency. 45 8. Every cable television company shall provide notice to residential 46 or small business customers in a writing to be included with a bill 47 statement or, when appropriate, via electronic transmission of the 48 provisions of this section and shall further make reasonable efforts to 49 contact customers who have demonstrated a change in financial circum- 50 stances due to the COVID-19 state of emergency for the purpose of offer- 51 ing such customers a deferred payment agreement consistent with the 52 provisions of this section and article two of this chapter. 53 9. Implementation of the provisions of this section shall not prohibit 54 a cable television company from recovering lost or deferred revenues 55 after either the lifting or expiration of the COVID-19 state of emergen- 56 cy or December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, whichever isS. 1453--B 7 1 earlier, pursuant to such means for recovery as are provided for in this 2 chapter, and by means not inconsistent with any of the provisions of 3 this article. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a cable television 4 company from disconnecting service at the request of a customer. Nothing 5 in this section shall prohibit a cable television company from discon- 6 necting service when it is necessary to protect the health and safety of 7 customers and the public. 8 10. Every cable television company shall be subject to the jurisdic- 9 tion of the commission for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of 10 subdivisions six, seven, eight and nine of this section pursuant to 11 sections twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six of this chapter, and 12 any other applicable provision of this chapter. 13 § 7. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 399- 14 zzzzz to read as follows: 15 § 399-zzzzz. Prohibition of certain broadband terminations or discon- 16 nections. 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "broadband 17 service" shall mean a mass-market retail service that provides the capa- 18 bility to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially 19 all internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental 20 to and enable the operation of the communications service, and shall 21 include service provided by commercial mobile telephone service provid- 22 ers, but shall not include dial-up service. 23 2. No person, business, corporation, or their agents providing or 24 seeking to provide broadband service in New York state shall terminate 25 or disconnect services provided over their infrastructure to a residen- 26 tial service customer or a small business customer with twenty-five or 27 fewer employees that is not a (i) publicly held company, or a subsidiary 28 thereof, (ii) seasonal, short-term, or temporary customer, or (iii) 29 customer that the broadband service provider can demonstrate has the 30 resources to pay the bill, provided that the broadband service provider 31 notifies the small business customer of its reasons and of the custom- 32 er's right to contest this determination through the commission's 33 complaint procedures, for the non-payment of an overdue charge for the 34 duration of the state disaster emergency declared pursuant to executive 35 order two hundred two of two thousand twenty (hereinafter "the COVID-19 36 state of emergency"). Such persons or entities shall have a duty to 37 restore service, to the extent not already required, at the request of 38 any residential or small business customer within forty-eight hours if 39 such service has been terminated during the pendency of the COVID-19 40 state of emergency and disconnection of such service was due to non-pay- 41 ment of an overdue charge, provided, however, that such persons or enti- 42 ties shall not be required to restore service to any residential or 43 small business customer if such service had been terminated prior to the 44 effective date of this section. 45 3. For a period of one hundred eighty days after either the COVID-19 46 state of emergency is lifted or expires or December thirty-first, two 47 thousand twenty-one, whichever is earlier, no person, business, corpo- 48 ration, or their agents providing or seeking to provide broadband 49 service in New York state shall terminate or disconnect services 50 provided over their infrastructure to a residential or small business 51 customer account because of defaulted deferred payment agreements or 52 arrears then owed to such persons or entities when such customer has 53 experienced a change in financial circumstances, as defined by the 54 department of public service due to the COVID-19 state of emergency. The 55 person, business, corporation, or their agents providing or seeking to 56 provide broadband service in New York state shall provide such residen-S. 1453--B 8 1 tial or small business customer with the right to enter into, or 2 restructure, a deferred payment agreement consistent with the provisions 3 of article two of the public service law without the requirement of a 4 down payment, late fees, or penalties, with such prohibition on down 5 payments, late fees, or penalties applicable to all arrears incurred 6 during the pendency of the COVID-19 state of emergency. 7 4. Every person, business, corporation, or their agents providing or 8 seeking to provide broadband service in New York state shall provide 9 notice to residential or small business customers in a writing to be 10 included with a bill statement or, when appropriate, via electronic 11 transmission of the provisions of this section and shall further make 12 reasonable efforts to contact customers who have demonstrated a change 13 in financial circumstances due to the COVID-19 state of emergency for 14 the purpose of offering such customers a deferred payment agreement 15 consistent with the provisions of article two of the public service law. 16 5. Implementation of the provisions of this section shall not prohibit 17 a person, business, corporation, or their agents providing or seeking to 18 provide broadband service in New York state from recovering lost or 19 deferred revenues after either the lifting or expiration of the COVID-19 20 state of emergency or December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-one, 21 whichever is earlier, pursuant to such means for recovery by means not 22 inconsistent with any of the provisions of this section. Nothing in this 23 section shall prohibit a person, business, corporation, or their agents 24 providing or seeking to provide broadband service in New York state from 25 disconnecting service at the request of a customer. Nothing in this 26 section shall prohibit a person, business, corporation, or their agents 27 providing or seeking to provide broadband service in New York state from 28 disconnecting service when it is necessary to protect the health and 29 safety of customers and the public. 30 6. Whenever there shall be a violation of this section, an application 31 may be made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the 32 state of New York to a court or justice having jurisdiction by a special 33 proceeding to issue an injunction, and upon notice to the defendant of 34 not less than five days, to enjoin and restrain the continuance of such 35 violation; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or 36 justice that the defendant has, in fact, violated this section, an 37 injunction may be issued by the court or justice, enjoining and 38 restraining any further violations, without requiring proof that any 39 person has, in fact, been injured or damaged thereby. In any such 40 proceeding, the court may make allowances to the attorney general as 41 provided in paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section eighty-three 42 hundred three of the civil practice law and rules, and direct restitu- 43 tion. Whenever the court shall determine that a violation of this 44 section has occurred, the court may impose a civil penalty of not more 45 than one thousand dollars per violation. In connection with any such 46 proposed application, the attorney general is authorized to take proof 47 and make a determination of the relevant facts and to issue subpoenas in 48 accordance with the civil practice law and rules. 49 § 8. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi- 50 sion, section or subpart of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 51 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 52 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 53 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 54 or subpart thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such 55 judgment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be theS. 1453--B 9 1 intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if 2 such invalid provisions had not been included herein. 3 § 9. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 4 sections six and seven of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed 5 on the same date and in the same manner as chapter 108 of the laws of 6 2020; and provided that: 7 (a) the amendments to subdivisions 7, 8, and 9 of section 32 of the 8 public service law made by section two of this act shall not affect the 9 repeal of such subdivisions and shall be deemed repealed therewith; 10 (b) the amendments to subdivision 6 of section 32 of the public 11 service law made by section two of this act shall not affect the expira- 12 tion of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith; 13 (c) the amendments to subdivisions 8, 9, 10 and 11 of section 89-b of 14 the public service law made by section three of this act shall not 15 affect the repeal of such subdivisions and shall be deemed repealed 16 therewith; 17 (d) subdivision 12 of section 89-b of the public service law as added 18 by section three of this act shall be repealed on the same date and in 19 the same manner as chapter 108 of the laws of 2020, as amended; 20 (e) the amendments to subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section 89-l of the 21 public service law made by section four of this act shall not affect the 22 repeal of such subdivisions and shall be deemed repealed therewith; 23 (f) subdivisions 4-a and 5-a of section 89-l of the public service law 24 as added by section four of this act shall be repealed on the same date 25 and in the same manner as chapter 108 of the laws of 2020, as amended; 26 and 27 (g) the amendments to subdivisions 9, 10, 11 and 12 of section 91 of 28 the public service law made by section five of this act shall not affect 29 the repeal of such subdivisions and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
