Assembly Bill A1957A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to unlawfully installing a gas meter

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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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2019-A1957 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1054
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §270.40, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10412, S5346
2021-2022: A5830, S328

2019-A1957 - Summary

Relates to unlawfully installing a gas meter; makes it a class B misdemeanor.

2019-A1957 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1957
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to unlawfully installing  gas
   meters
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.40  to
 read as follows:
 § 270.40 UNLAWFULLY INSTALLING GAS METERS.
   1.  AS  USED  IN  THIS  SECTION "GAS METERS" MEANS ALL GAS METERS THAT
 MEASURE USAGE OF ANY END USE CUSTOMER OF GAS SERVICES.
   2. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFULLY INSTALLING GAS METERS WHEN  HE  OR
 SHE  INSTALLS  THE  GAS  METERS;  IS THE OWNER OF THE PREMISES WHERE THE
 METERS ARE UNLAWFULLY INSTALLED;  OR  OTHERWISE  KNOWS  THE  METERS  ARE
 UNLAWFULLY  INSTALLED.  A  GAS  METER IS UNLAWFULLY INSTALLED WHEN IT IS
 INSTALLED BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF A UTILI-
 TY CORPORATION SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMIS-
 SION, UNLESS SUCH PERSON HAS RECEIVED A PERMIT TO INSTALL THE GAS  METER
 FROM THE APPROPRIATE PERMITTING AUTHORITY.
   UNLAWFULLY INSTALLING GAS METERS IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00862-01-9

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2019-A1957A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1054
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §270.40, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10412, S5346
2021-2022: A5830, S328

2019-A1957A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to unlawfully installing a gas meter; makes it a class B misdemeanor.

2019-A1957A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1957--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to unlawfully installing a
   gas meter

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.40 to
 read as follows:
 § 270.40 UNLAWFULLY INSTALLING A GAS METER.
   1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION "GAS METER" MEANS ANY GAS METER THAT  MEAS-
 URES USAGE OF ANY END USE CUSTOMER OF GAS SERVICES.
   2.  A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFULLY INSTALLING A GAS METER WHEN HE OR
 SHE INSTALLS THE GAS  METER OR IS THE OWNER OF THE  PREMISES  WHERE  THE
 METER  IS  UNLAWFULLY INSTALLED AND KNOWS OR REASONABLY SHOULD KNOW THAT
 SUCH GAS METER WAS UNLAWFULLY INSTALLED. A  GAS  METER  IS    UNLAWFULLY
 INSTALLED  WHEN IT IS INSTALLED BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN A PERSON ACTING
 ON BEHALF OF A UTILITY CORPORATION SUBJECT TO THE  JURISDICTION  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION, UNLESS SUCH PERSON HAS RECEIVED A PERMIT TO
 INSTALL THE GAS METER FROM THE APPROPRIATE PERMITTING AUTHORITY.
   UNLAWFULLY INSTALLING A GAS METER IS A CLASS B MISDEMEANOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00862-03-9

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