Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 09, 2020 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Assembly Bill A10999
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SAYEGH
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Inez E. Dickens
Judy Griffin
Walter T. Mosley
Ellen C. Jaffee
2019-A10999 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A10999 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10999 I N A S S E M B L Y September 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relating to requiring utility companies maintain a toll free number for reporting service outages THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 119-d to read as follows: § 119-D. TOLL FREE NUMBER FOR SERVICE OUTAGES. 1. ANY GAS CORPO- RATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION, GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER CORPO- RATION, STEAM CORPORATION, TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, TELEPHONE CORPORATION, CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY SERVICES IS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH, PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A TOLL FREE PHONE NUMBER FOR CONSUMERS OF SUCH UTILITY TO CALL FOR REPORTING SERVICE OUTAGES. SUCH TOLL FREE NUMBER SHALL: A. BE ATTENDED TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK; B. HAVE THE CAPACITY TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS A SURGE IN PHONE CALL VOLUME DURING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION OR EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS; C. BE POSTED CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY ON THE HOMEPAGE OF THE UTILITY COMPANY'S WEBSITE; AND D. BE POSTED CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY ON THE FIRST PAGE OF EACH CONSUMER'S BILLING STATEMENT. 2. THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS IN THIS SECTION SHALL SUBJECT ANY GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION, GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER CORPORATION, STEAM CORPORATION, TELEGRAPH CORPO- RATION, TELEPHONE CORPORATION, CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY SERVICES TO THE PENALTIES AUTHORIZED IN SECTION TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD17084-03-0
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