Senate Bill S6846

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Clarifies how certain non-billing information regarding the delivery of water is disclosed to residents of cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family dwellings

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

  • 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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2025-S6846 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2431
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89-c, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9961
2023-2024: S9052, A4403

2025-S6846 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies how certain non-billing information regarding the delivery of water is disclosed to residents of cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family dwellings; requires water-works corporations to notify customers of their ability to receive non-billing related information.

2025-S6846 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6846
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public service law, in relation to clarifying how
   certain non-billing information regarding the  delivery  of  water  is
   disclosed  to  residents of cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family
   dwellings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 17 of section 89-c of the public service law,
 as added by chapter 191 of the laws of  2021,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   17.  The  commission  shall  [have  power to] require each water-works
 corporation to establish a process for  residents  of  any  cooperative,
 condominium  or  multi-family  dwelling  with  five  or more residential
 units, which uses a master meter to distribute water to such  residents,
 to  obtain  non-billing  related  information  IN  THE  SAME MANNER THAT
 CUSTOMERS OF SUCH WATER-WORKS CORPORATION ARE ENTITLED TO  RECEIVE  SUCH
 INFORMATION regarding the delivery of water including but not limited to
 service  updates,  water  quality  notices  and other information deemed
 essential to water consumers.  THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE EACH  WATER-
 WORKS  CORPORATION  TO IDENTIFY ALL COOPERATIVES, CONDOMINIUMS OR MULTI-
 FAMILY DWELLINGS WITH FIVE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHICH USE A  MASTER
 METER  WITHIN  THEIR  TERRITORY, AND SUCH WATER-WORKS CORPORATION SHALL,
 INITIALLY AND PERIODICALLY THEREAFTER, PROVIDE  WRITTEN  NOTICE  TO  ALL
 RESIDENTS  IN  THE IDENTIFIED COOPERATIVES, CONDOMINIUMS OR MULTI-FAMILY
 DWELLINGS WITH FIVE OR MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS WHICH USE A  MASTER  METER
 WITHIN  THEIR  TERRITORY  OF  THE  OPTION  TO OBTAIN NON-BILLING RELATED
 INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR WATER SERVICE. SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE
 AN OPTION FOR  SUCH  RESIDENT  TO  PROVIDE  CONTACT  INFORMATION  AND  A
 PREFERRED  METHOD  OF CONTACT OF THE RESIDENT FOR PURPOSES OF DISCLOSING
 NON-BILLING RELATED INFORMATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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