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.
                                                                   LBD00246-01-1

        S. 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.
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