A05830 Summary:
| BILL NO | A05830A |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S00328-A |
| SPONSOR | Dinowitz |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §270.40, Pen L | |
| Makes it a class B misdemeanor for any person other than a person acting on behalf of a utility corporation to unlawfully install a gas meter without a permit. | |
A05830 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5830--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.40 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 270.40 Unlawfully installing a gas meter. 4 1. As used in this section "gas meter" means any gas meter that meas- 5 ures usage of any end use customer of gas services. 6 2. A person is guilty of unlawfully installing a gas meter when he or 7 she installs the gas meter or is the owner of the premises where the 8 meter is unlawfully installed and knows that such gas meter was unlaw- 9 fully installed. A gas meter is unlawfully installed when it is 10 installed by any person other than a person acting on behalf of a utili- 11 ty corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commis- 12 sion, unless such person has received a permit to install the gas meter 13 from the appropriate permitting authority. 14 Unlawfully installing a gas meter is a class B misdemeanor. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02833-02-1