Bill Text: NY S04189 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that the public service commission provide notice to local United States congressional members, state senators, state assembly members, and municipal elected officials for any hearing related to a water rate increase.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S04189 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S04189-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4189 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 2, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to providing notice to local elected officials for any hearing related to a water rate increase The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 10 of section 89-c of the 2 public service law, as amended by chapter 154 of the laws of 1989, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 (f) Whenever there shall be filed with the commission by any water- 5 works corporation any schedule stating a new rate or charge, or any 6 change in any form of contract or agreement or any rule or regulation 7 relating to any rate, charge or service, or in any general privilege or 8 facility, the commission may, at any time within sixty days from the 9 date when such schedule would or has become effective, either upon 10 complaint or upon its own initiative, and, if it so orders, without 11 answer or other formal pleading by the interested corporation, but upon 12 reasonable notice, hold a hearing concerning the propriety of a change 13 proposed by the filing. If such change is a major change, the commission 14 shall hold such a hearing. The commission shall give notice of such 15 hearing to the local United States congressional representatives, state 16 senators, state assembly members, and municipal elected officials. Pend- 17 ing such hearing and decision thereon, the commission, upon filing with 18 such schedule and delivering to the corporation affected thereby a 19 statement in writing of its reasons therefor, may suspend the operation 20 of such schedule, but not for a longer period than one hundred and twen- 21 ty days beyond the time when it would otherwise go into effect. After a 22 full hearing, whether completed before or after the schedule goes into 23 effect, the commission may make such order in reference thereto as would EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00246-01-1S. 4189 2 1 be proper in a proceeding begun after the rate, charge, form of contract 2 or agreement, rule, regulation, service, general privilege or facility 3 had become effective. If any such hearing cannot be concluded within the 4 period of suspension as above stated, the commission may extend the 5 suspension for a further period not exceeding six months. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 7 have become a law.