NY State Senate Bill 2021-S929B

Senate Bill S929B

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides a reimbursement to small businesses and residential consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted services; requires the Long Island power authority to do the same

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to energy and telecommunications returned to senate died in assembly
Feb 23, 2021	referred to corporations, authorities and commissions delivered to assembly passed senate
Feb 08, 2021	advanced to third reading
Feb 03, 2021	2nd report cal. amended 929b
Feb 02, 2021	1st report cal.248
Jan 27, 2021	print number 929a
Jan 27, 2021	amend (t) and recommit to energy and telecommunications
Jan 06, 2021	referred to energy and telecommunications

Votes

- Feb 23, 2021 - Floor Vote
  S929B
  
  62
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Feb 23, 2021
      
      aye (62)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
      
      nay (1)
      
      Oberacker
  Feb 2, 2021 - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote
  S929B
  
  9
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Energy And Telecommunications Committee Vote: Feb 2, 2021
      
      aye (9)
      
      Boyle
      
      Gaughran
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Ritchie

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

co-Sponsors

2021-S929 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3044
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §119-d, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-f, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8896, A11020
2023-2024: A196

2021-S929 - Summary

Provides a reimbursement to small businesses and residential consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted services; requires the Long Island power authority to do the same.

2021-S929 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S929

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to providing a
discount to consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide
contracted services

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation creates a discount on a consumer's bills for every day
they are without service for a period of time of every 24 hours.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new section 119-d to the public service law to provide
a consumer with a reduction of monthly charges by a percentage that is
equal to the number of days of the billing cycle divided by the number
of days such contracted service was not provided to the consumer. This
legislation covers gas corporations, electric corporations, gas and

electric corporation, water corporation, steam corporation, telegraph
corporation, telephone corporation, cable television company, Internet
service provider, or municipality rendering an equivalent service.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

When a consumer does not receive services they depend on, they are
understandably frustrated as they wait for those services to be fixed
and they are able to make use of these services.  As can be expected the
longer the delay, the greater the anger and frustration a consumer will
feel. Hopefully upon service restoration they find themselves de-esca-
lating and again enjoying the services they have contracted for. Howev-
er, imagine their feelings when they open their service bill and see
that they are being charged for services that they were unable to
access, this is unconscionable.  This legislation seeks to address this
concern, by giving that individual a discount on their bill based on the
amount of time contracted services were not available to them.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S. 8896/A. 11020; Referred to Senate Rules Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S929 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    929
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KAPLAN, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and  Tele-
   communications
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  service law, in relation to providing a
   discount to consumers of certain  utilities  for  failure  to  provide
   contracted services
 
   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. FAILURE TO PROVIDE CONTRACTED SERVICES. A CONSUMER WHO HAS A
 CONTRACT FOR SERVICE WITH A GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC  CORPORATION,  GAS
 AND  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION,  WATER CORPORATION, STEAM CORPORATION, TELE-
 GRAPH CORPORATION,  TELEPHONE  CORPORATION,  CABLE  TELEVISION  COMPANY,
 INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY
 SERVICES  SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT WHEN THE SERVICE SUCH CONSUMER
 HAS CONTRACTED FOR IS NOT PROVIDED FOR BY SUCH GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC
 CORPORATION, GAS AND  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION,  WATER  CORPORATION,  STEAM
 CORPORATION,  TELEGRAPH  CORPORATION, TELEPHONE CORPORATION, CABLE TELE-
 VISION COMPANY, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OR  A  MUNICIPALITY  RENDERING
 EQUIVALENT  UTILITY SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
 SUCH DISCOUNT SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE MONTHLY CHARGES ASSESSED  BY  SUCH
 GAS  CORPORATION,  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION,  GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION,
 WATER CORPORATION, STEAM CORPORATION, TELEGRAPH  CORPORATION,  TELEPHONE
 CORPORATION,  CABLE  TELEVISION  COMPANY, INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER OR A
 MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT  UTILITY  SERVICES  BY  REDUCING  SUCH
 MONTHLY  CHARGES  BY A PERCENTAGE THAT IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF
 THE BILLING CYCLE DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF DAYS SUCH CONTRACTED  SERVICE
 WAS NOT PROVIDED TO THE CONSUMER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02597-01-1

co-Sponsors

2021-S929A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3044
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §119-d, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-f, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8896, A11020
2023-2024: A196

2021-S929A - Summary

Provides a reimbursement to small businesses and residential consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted services; requires the Long Island power authority to do the same.

2021-S929A - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S929A

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
in relation to providing a reimbursement to small business and residen-
tial consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted
services

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation creates a discount on residential consumer's bills and
for small businesses for times they are without contracted service by
certain service providers.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 states that a residential consumer or small business who has a
contract for service with a gas, electric, gas and electric, water,
steam, telephone, or a municipality providing equivalent service shall

be entitled to a discount when services are not provided for a period of
at least 48 hours after the end of a failure of equipment, weather
event, natural disaster, or any other disruption in providing service.
The Department shall promulgate rules and regulations within 180 days to
calculate how a utility shall reimburse the impacted party.

Section 2 states that a residential consumer or small business who has a
contract for service with the authority or its service provider shall be
entitled to a discount when services are not provided for a period of at
least 48 hours after the end of a failure of equipment, weather event,
natural disaster, or any other disruption in providing service. The
Board shall promulgate rules and regulations within 180 days to calcu-
late how a utility shall reimburse the impacted party.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

When a consumer does not receive services they depend on, they are
understandably frustrated as they wait for those services to be fixed
and they are able to make use of these services.  As can be expected the
longer the delay, the greater the anger and frustration a consumer will
feel. Hopefully upon service restoration they find themselves de-esca-
lating and again enjoying the services they have contracted for. Howev-
er, imagine their feelings when they open their service bill and see
that they are being charged for services that they were unable to
access, this is unconscionable.

This legislation seeks to address this concern, by giving that individ-
ual a discount on their bill based on the amount of time contracted
services were not available to them.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S. 8896/A. 11020; Referred to Senate Rules Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S929A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  929--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. KAPLAN, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and  Tele-
   communications   --   committee   discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public  authorities  law,
   in  relation  to providing a reimbursement to small business and resi-
   dential  consumers  of  certain  utilities  for  failure  to   provide
   contracted services
 
   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.  FAILURE  TO  PROVIDE CONTRACTED SERVICES. 1.  A RESIDENTIAL
 CONSUMER OR SMALL BUSINESS WHO HAS A CONTRACT FOR  SERVICE  WITH  A  GAS
 CORPORATION,  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION, GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER
 CORPORATION, STEAM CORPORATION, TELEPHONE CORPORATION OR A  MUNICIPALITY
 RENDERING  EQUIVALENT  UTILITY  SERVICES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT
 WHEN THE  SERVICE  SUCH  RESIDENTIAL  CONSUMER  OR  SMALL  BUSINESS  HAS
 CONTRACTED  FOR  IS  NOT  PROVIDED FOR BY SUCH GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC
 CORPORATION, GAS AND  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION,  WATER  CORPORATION,  STEAM
 CORPORATION,  TELEPHONE  CORPORATION  OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIV-
 ALENT UTILITY SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST FORTY-EIGHT HOURS  AFTER
 THE  END  OF  A FAILURE OF EQUIPMENT, WEATHER EVENT, NATURAL DISASTER OR
 ANY OTHER DISRUPTION IN THE PROVIDING OF SERVICE. THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL
 PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS, WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS FROM
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, TO CALCULATE HOW A UTILITY  SHALL  REIM-
 BURSE A RESIDENTIAL CONSUMER OR SMALL BUSINESS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
 SUCH  REIMBURSEMENT  SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE MONTHLY CHARGES ASSESSED BY
 SUCH GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC  CORPORATION,  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  CORPO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02597-02-1

 S. 929--A                           2
 
 RATION, WATER CORPORATION, STEAM CORPORATION, TELEPHONE CORPORATION OR A
 MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY SERVICES.
   2.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SMALL BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN A BUSI-
 NESS WHICH IS RESIDENT IN THIS STATE, INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND  OPERATED,
 NOT DOMINANT IN ITS FIELD AND EMPLOYS FIFTY OR LESS PERSONS.
   3.  NO COST CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBIL-
 ITY OF A RATEPAYER.
   § 2. Section 1020-f of the public authorities law, as added by chapter
 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended by adding a new subdivision (ii)  to
 read as follows:
   (II) FAILURE TO PROVIDE CONTRACTED SERVICES.  1. A RESIDENTIAL CONSUM-
 ER  OR  SMALL  BUSINESS  WHO  HAS  A CONTRACT FOR SERVICE WITH A SERVICE
 PROVIDER OR THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE  ENTITLED  TO  A  DISCOUNT  WHEN  THE
 SERVICE  SUCH  RESIDENTIAL CONSUMER OR SMALL BUSINESS HAS CONTRACTED FOR
 IS NOT PROVIDED FOR BY SUCH SERVICE PROVIDER  OR  THE  AUTHORITY  FOR  A
 PERIOD  OF  AT  LEAST  FORTY-EIGHT  HOURS  AFTER THE END OF A FAILURE OF
 EQUIPMENT, WEATHER EVENT, NATURAL DISASTER OR ANY  OTHER  DISRUPTION  IN
 THE  PROVIDING  OF  SERVICE.  THE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS, WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 ACT,  TO  CALCULATE  HOW A SERVICE PROVIDER OR THE AUTHORITY SHALL REIM-
 BURSE A RESIDENTIAL CONSUMER OR SMALL BUSINESS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION. SUCH  REIMBURSEMENT  SHALL  BE  APPLIED  TO  THE  MONTHLY  CHARGES
 ASSESSED BY SUCH SERVICE PROVIDER OR THE AUTHORITY.
   2.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, "SMALL BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN A
 BUSINESS WHICH IS RESIDENT IN THIS STATE, INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND  OPER-
 ATED, NOT DOMINANT IN ITS FIELD AND EMPLOYS FIFTY OR LESS PERSONS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2021-S929B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3044
Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Add §119-d, Pub Serv L; amd §1020-f, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8896, A11020
2023-2024: A196

2021-S929B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a reimbursement to small businesses and residential consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted services; requires the Long Island power authority to do the same.

2021-S929B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S929B

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law and the public authorities law,
in relation to providing a reimbursement to small business and residen-
tial consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted
services

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation creates a discount on residential consumer's bills and
for small businesses for times they are without contracted service by
certain service providers.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 states that a residential consumer or small business who has a
contract for service with a gas, electric, gas and electric, water,
steam, or a municipality providing equivalent service shall be entitled

to a discount when services are not provided for a period of at least 48
hours after the end of a failure of equipment, weather event, natural
disaster, or any other disruption in providing service. The Department
shall promulgate rules and regulations within 180 days to calculate how
a utility shall reimburse the impacted party.

Section 2 states that a residential consumer or small business who has a
contract for service with the authority or its service provider shall be
entitled to a discount when services are not provided for a period of at
least 48 hours after the end of a failure of equipment, weather event,
natural disaster, or any other disruption in providing service. The
Board shall promulgate rules and regulations within 180 days to calcu-
late how a utility shall reimburse the impacted party.

Section 3 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

When a consumer does not receive services they depend on, they are
understandably frustrated as they wait for those services to be fixed
and they are able to make use of these services.  As can be expected the
longer the delay, the greater the anger and frustration a consumer will
feel. Hopefully upon service restoration they find themselves de-esca-
lating and again enjoying the services they have contracted for. Howev-
er, imagine their feelings when they open their service bill and see
that they are being charged for services that they were unable to
access, this is unconscionable.

This legislation seeks to address this concern, by giving that individ-
ual a discount on their bill based on the amount of time contracted
services were not available to them.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S. 8896/A. 11020; Referred to Senate Rules Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S929B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  929--B
     Cal. No. 248
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  KAPLAN, GAUGHRAN, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on  Energy  and  Telecommunications  --  committee  discharged,   bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee -- reported  favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered  to  first
   report,  amended  on  first  report,  ordered  to  a second report and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the public  authorities  law,
   in  relation  to providing a reimbursement to small business and resi-
   dential  consumers  of  certain  utilities  for  failure  to   provide
   contracted services
 
   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.  FAILURE  TO  PROVIDE CONTRACTED SERVICES. 1.  A RESIDENTIAL
 CONSUMER OR SMALL BUSINESS WHO HAS A CONTRACT FOR  SERVICE  WITH  A  GAS
 CORPORATION,  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION, GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER
 CORPORATION, STEAM CORPORATION OR A  MUNICIPALITY  RENDERING  EQUIVALENT
 UTILITY  SERVICES  SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT WHEN THE SERVICE SUCH
 RESIDENTIAL CONSUMER  OR  SMALL  BUSINESS  HAS  CONTRACTED  FOR  IS  NOT
 PROVIDED  FOR  BY  SUCH  GAS  CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION, GAS AND
 ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER CORPORATION, STEAM CORPORATION OR A  MUNICI-
 PALITY  RENDERING  EQUIVALENT  UTILITY SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST
 FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER THE END  OF  A  FAILURE  OF  EQUIPMENT,  WEATHER
 EVENT,  NATURAL  DISASTER  OR  ANY  OTHER DISRUPTION IN THE PROVIDING OF
 SERVICE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND  REGULATIONS,  WITHIN
 ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, TO CALCU-
 LATE HOW A UTILITY SHALL REIMBURSE A RESIDENTIAL CONSUMER OR SMALL BUSI-
 NESS PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.  SUCH REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE  APPLIED  TO

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02597-04-1

 S. 929--B                           2
 
 THE  MONTHLY  CHARGES  ASSESSED BY SUCH GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPO-
 RATION, GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, WATER  CORPORATION,  STEAM  CORPO-
 RATION OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY SERVICES.
   2.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SMALL BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN A BUSI-
 NESS WHICH IS RESIDENT IN THIS STATE, INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND  OPERATED,
 NOT DOMINANT IN ITS FIELD AND EMPLOYS FIFTY OR LESS PERSONS.
   3.  NO COST CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBIL-
 ITY OF A RATEPAYER.
   § 2. Section 1020-f of the public authorities law, as added by chapter
 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended by adding a new subdivision (ii)  to
 read as follows:
   (II) FAILURE TO PROVIDE CONTRACTED SERVICES.  1. A RESIDENTIAL CONSUM-
 ER  OR  SMALL  BUSINESS  WHO  HAS  A CONTRACT FOR SERVICE WITH A SERVICE
 PROVIDER OR THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE  ENTITLED  TO  A  DISCOUNT  WHEN  THE
 SERVICE  SUCH  RESIDENTIAL CONSUMER OR SMALL BUSINESS HAS CONTRACTED FOR
 IS NOT PROVIDED FOR BY SUCH SERVICE PROVIDER  OR  THE  AUTHORITY  FOR  A
 PERIOD  OF  AT  LEAST  FORTY-EIGHT  HOURS  AFTER THE END OF A FAILURE OF
 EQUIPMENT, WEATHER EVENT, NATURAL DISASTER OR ANY  OTHER  DISRUPTION  IN
 THE  PROVIDING  OF  SERVICE.  THE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS, WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 ACT,  TO  CALCULATE  HOW A SERVICE PROVIDER OR THE AUTHORITY SHALL REIM-
 BURSE A RESIDENTIAL CONSUMER OR SMALL BUSINESS PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION. SUCH  REIMBURSEMENT  SHALL  BE  APPLIED  TO  THE  MONTHLY  CHARGES
 ASSESSED BY SUCH SERVICE PROVIDER OR THE AUTHORITY.
   2.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, "SMALL BUSINESS" SHALL MEAN A
 BUSINESS WHICH IS RESIDENT IN THIS STATE, INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND  OPER-
 ATED, NOT DOMINANT IN ITS FIELD AND EMPLOYS FIFTY OR LESS PERSONS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Bill Amendments

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2021-S929 - Details

2021-S929 - Summary

2021-S929 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S929 - Bill Text download pdf

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2021-S929A - Details

2021-S929A - Summary

2021-S929A - Sponsor Memo

2021-S929A - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2021-S929B (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S929B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S929B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S929B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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