Bill Text: NY S04843 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the NYC water board from enacting any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer, including timeframes for appeals and receiving refunds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS [S04843 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S04843-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4843 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 15, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Author- ities and Commissions AN ACT relating to prohibiting the New York city water board from adopt- ing any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation by any local govern- 2 ment, the New York city water board is hereby prohibited from adopting 3 any rules or regulations that reduce the timeframe for consumers to 4 appeal bills or receive refunds or are otherwise less favorable to the 5 consumer and where backbilling errors are discovered in favor of the 6 consumer, the New York city water board shall provide for and order 7 refunds up to six years. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06498-01-3
