Senate Bill S3976

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides a limitation on actions to collect overcharges

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S3976 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Civil Practice Law and Rules
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง212, CPLR
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S3727

2009-S3976 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that an action to recover the amount of an overcharge based upon a mistake or billing error made by an electric, gas or telephone corporation must be commenced within ten years.

2009-S3976 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3976 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3976

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to statute
  of limitations for certain overcharges

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Section 212 of the civil practice law and rules is amended
by adding a new subdivision (e) to read as follows:
  (E) OVERCHARGE BASED ON MISTAKE OR BILLING ERROR. AN ACTION TO RECOVER
THE  AMOUNT  OF AN OVERCHARGE BASED UPON A MISTAKE OR BILLING ERROR MADE
BY AN ELECTRIC, GAS, OR TELEPHONE CORPORATION MUST BE  COMMENCED  WITHIN
TEN YEARS.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
causes of action occurring on or after such date.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09138-01-9

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