NY State Senate Bill 2019-S5916

Senate Bill S5916

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides the New York city water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
May 16, 2019	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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2019-S5916 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3081
Current Committee:: Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1045-g, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A1323
2011-2012: A957
2013-2014: A1472
2015-2016: A4678
2017-2018: A7054
2021-2022: S5533, A4086
2023-2024: S5603, A1374

2019-S5916 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides the NYC water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board and/or sewerage systems.

2019-S5916 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5916

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public authorities law, in
relation to establishing a time limit to challenge the New York City
water board fees, rates, rents and other service charges

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Provides that the NYC Water Board shall not establish a limit of less
than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or
services furnished by the board.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Public Authorities Law section 1045-g to establish a
six year statute of limitations commencing from the date of the bill to
challenge water and sewer bills from New York City Water Board.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Four years is not adequate time for a customer to file a complaint with
respect to a water or sewer bill. The six-year time limit has been
applicable since the inception of the New York City Water Board's
authority and should be continued. Six years is the normal statute of
limitations to utility customers throughout the state.  There continues
to be substantial confusion concerning the application of metered or
frontage rates, caps on metered bills and leak forgiveness. The water
and sewerage bills are complicated by the transition to meters and the
changing rates and regulations. The New York City Water Board has placed
no similar limitation of its ability to collect unpaid charges and to
place a limitation on the customer is unfair. The Water Board not the
customer has control of the meter.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A.3081 of 2019.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S5916 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5916
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
   a time limit to challenge the New York City water board  fees,  rates,
   rents and other service charges

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1045-g of the  public  authorities
 law,  as  amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read
 as follows:
   4. To establish, fix, revise,  charge  and  collect  and  enforce  the
 payment  of all fees, rates, rents and other service charges for the use
 of, or services furnished by the sewerage system, water system, or both,
 as the case may be, so as to receive revenues which, together with other
 revenues available to the board, if any, shall be at least sufficient at
 all times so that such system or systems shall be placed on a  self-sus-
 taining  basis  in  accordance with section one thousand forty-five-j of
 this title; provided, however that the water board shall not establish a
 limit of less than [four] SIX years commencing from the date of the bill
 for services to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other  service  charges
 for  the  use  of  or  services  furnished  by the water and/or sewerage
 systems; any such challenge shall specifically set forth the  basis  for
 such claim;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04638-01-9

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