NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A949
SPONSOR: Zebrowski TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to authorizing the
public service commission to require water-works corporations to provide
certain residents with non-billing related information
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would require waterworks corporations to provide non-billing
related information to water users that reside in condominiums, cooper-
atives or certain multi-family residences.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill amends the public service law, as it re ates to
during waterworks companies to prove certain non-billing information
such as service updates and water quality notices to certain residents
whose cater is distributed by a master meter.
Section 2 of the bill relates to the effective date
JUSTIFICATION:
Residents who live in certain condominiums, cooperatives or multi-family
residences are not afforded the same access to critical information on
their water that other users are. These residents receive their water
through a master meter and are not considered customers by the water-
works corporations. As a result, they do not directly receive any
notifications regarding water quality or service interruptions. This
bill empowers the public service commission to require waterworks corpo-
rations create a process where these residents are able to obtain non-
billing related information regarding their water.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A7282 of 2019-20
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
949
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 6, 2021
___________
Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, OTIS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to authorizing the
public service commission to require water-works corporations to
provide certain residents with non-billing related information
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 89-c of the public service law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
3 17. The commission shall have power to require each water-works corpo-
4 ration to establish a process for residents of any cooperative, condo-
5 minium or multi-family dwelling with five or more residential units,
6 which uses a master meter to distribute water to such residents, to
7 obtain non-billing related information regarding the delivery of water
8 including but not limited to service updates, water quality notices and
9 other information deemed essential to water consumers.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04376-01-1
