Bill Text: NY S07011 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7011 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the public service commission to require water-works corporations to provide certain residents with non-billing related information.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S07011 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07011-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7011

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 authorizing the
          public service  commission  to  require  water-works  corporations  to
          provide certain residents with non-billing related information

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

     1    Section 1. Section 89-c of the public service law is amended by adding
     2  a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
     3    17. The commission shall have power to require each water-works corpo-
     4  ration to establish a process for residents of any  cooperative,  condo-
     5  minium  or  multi-family  dwelling  with five or more residential units,
     6  which uses a master meter to distribute  water  to  such  residents,  to
     7  obtain  non-billing  related information regarding the delivery of water
     8  including but not limited to service updates, water quality notices  and
     9  other information deemed essential to water consumers.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10825-01-9