Assembly Bill A5490

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Makes provisions regarding payment by utility customers to authorized payment agents

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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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2017-A5490 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9020
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §45, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6707
2011-2012: A2001
2013-2014: A860, S5085
2015-2016: A3064, S1258
2019-2020: A4220, S2750
2021-2022: A8907
2023-2024: A520

2017-A5490 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes provisions regarding the payment of utility bills to authorized payment agencies providing that such payment shall be deemed to be a payment to the utility on the date of payment to the agent, requiring written contracts between a utility and its payment agent and review of such contracts by the public service commission.

2017-A5490 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5490
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, OTIS, CRESPO, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored
   by  -- M. of A. MOSLEY, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to protecting  resi-
   dential utility customers who make bill payments to authorized payment
   agents, to provide for written contracts between electric corporations
   and  payment  agents,  and  to  provide  for public service commission
   review of the credit-worthiness of payment agents in certain cases
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 45 of the public service law, as added by chapter
 713 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   § 45. Payment agencies. 1. A utility corporation or  municipality  may
 permit  its  customers  to  pay their bills to [a] AN AUTHORIZED payment
 agent. The date of payment to any such AUTHORIZED PAYMENT agent shall be
 regarded as the date of payment to the utility or municipality, AND  THE
 PAYMENT  SHALL BE REGARDED AS IF IT WERE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE UTILITY OR
 MUNICIPALITY ON SUCH DATE. WHERE A CUSTOMER OF SUCH UTILITY  OR  MUNICI-
 PALITY  HAS  PAID  A  BILL TO AN AUTHORIZED PAYMENT AGENT ON OR BEFORE A
 DESIGNATED DUE DATE, NO PENALTY OR EXTRA CHARGE  SHALL  ACCRUE  ON  SUCH
 BILL  FOR  THE  REASON THAT THE PAYMENT DID NOT REACH THE CORPORATION OR
 MUNICIPALITY ON OR BEFORE THE DESIGNATED DUE DATE.
   2. NO PARTY SHALL ACT AS PAYMENT OR COLLECTION AGENT WITH  RESPECT  TO
 MORE  THAN  TWENTY  RESIDENTIAL  UNITS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING AND
 REMITTING TO SUCH ELECTRIC CORPORATION ANY CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC  SERVICE
 TO  SUCH  RESIDENTIAL  UNITS,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DISTRIBUTION
 SERVICE, UNLESS SUCH PARTY HAS A WRITTEN  CONTRACT  WITH  SUCH  ELECTRIC
 CORPORATION  IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION. NOTH-
 ING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT  ANY  PERSON  FROM
 APPOINTING  ANY  FAMILY  MEMBER,  OTHER VOLUNTEER CAREGIVER, OR PERSONAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09476-01-7

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