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A01368 Summary:

A01368 Actions:

A01368 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS   Chair:Zebrowski      
DATE:02/28/2023AYE/NAY:18/7  Action: Favorable         
Zebrowski
Aye
Lemondes
Nay
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Excused
Otis
Aye
Friend
Nay
Rozic
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Kim
Aye
Angelino
Nay
Dilan
Aye
Jensen
Nay
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Curran
Nay
Vanel
Aye
Pirozzolo
Nay
Carroll
Aye
Fall
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Zinerman
Aye
Tapia
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
Bores
Aye
Shimsky
Aye
Simone
Aye

A01368 Floor Votes:

A01368 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1368--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ROZIC, COLTON, RIVERA, L. ROSENTHAL -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M.    of  A.  J. M. GIGLIO,  LUPARDO,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
          ZEBROWSKI  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations,
          Authorities and Commissions --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the public service law, the general business law and the
          public authorities law, in relation to third-party notification
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 40 of the public service law, as amended by chapter
     2  631 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 40. Voluntary third-party [notice prior to termination  of  service]
     4  notification.  1. Every utility corporation or municipality shall permit
     5  a  residential  customer  to  designate  a  [third-party] third party to
     6  receive notice of the total amount due or past due  on  all  bills,  the
     7  amounts of any payments paid by or on behalf of such residential custom-
     8  er,  and  copies  of all notices relating to termination of service [or]
     9  and notices relating to collection of amounts due sent to such  residen-
    10  tial  customer,  provided  that the designated [third-party] third party
    11  indicates in writing a willingness to receive such notices, and provided
    12  further, where a residential customer  opts  for  third-party  notifica-
    13  tions,  such  residential  customer  may opt to continue to receive such
    14  notices.
    15    2. Every utility corporation or municipality shall permit a  landlord,
    16  upon  written  request  of  both the landlord and tenant, to designate a
    17  [third-party] third party to be notified of all requests for  discontin-
    18  uance  of  service  to units [owned] occupied by such [landlord] tenant,
    19  provided that the designed third party indicates in writing  a  willing-
    20  ness to receive such notices, and provided further, where the tenant and
    21  landlord  customers  opt  for third-party notifications, such tenant and
    22  landlord customers may opt to continue to receive such notices.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00459-03-3
        A. 1368--A                          2
 
     1    § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 393-f
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  393-f.  Voluntary  third-party  notification. 1. Every telegraph or
     4  telephone corporation,  cable  television  corporation,  cellular  phone
     5  company,  or  municipality shall permit a residential customer to desig-
     6  nate a third party to receive notice of the total amount due or past due
     7  on all bills, the amounts of any payments paid by or on behalf  of  such
     8  residential  customer, and copies of all notices relating to termination
     9  of service and notices relating to collection of  amounts  due  sent  to
    10  such  residential  customer,  provided  that  the designated third party
    11  indicates in writing a willingness to receive such notices, and provided
    12  further, where a residential customer  opts  for  third-party  notifica-
    13  tions,  such  residential  customer  may opt to continue to receive such
    14  notices.
    15    2. Every telegraph or telephone corporation, cable  television  corpo-
    16  ration, cellular phone company, or municipality shall permit a landlord,
    17  upon  written  request  of  both the landlord and tenant, to designate a
    18  third party to be notified of all requests for discontinuance of service
    19  to units occupied by such tenant, provided  that  the  designated  third
    20  party  indicates  in  writing a willingness to receive such notices, and
    21  provided further, where the tenant and landlord customers opt for third-
    22  party notifications, such tenant  and  landlord  customers  may  opt  to
    23  continue to receive such notices.
    24    § 3. Section 1020-f of the public authorities law, as added by chapter
    25  517  of the laws of 1986, is amended by adding two new subdivisions (jj)
    26  and (kk) to read as follows:
    27    (jj) The authority and its service provider shall permit a residential
    28  customer to designate a third party  to  receive  notice  of  the  total
    29  amount due or past due on all bills, the amounts of any payments paid by
    30  or  on  behalf  of  such residential customer, and copies of all notices
    31  relating to termination of service and notices relating to collection of
    32  amounts due sent to such residential customer, provided that the  desig-
    33  nated    third  party indicates in writing a willingness to receive such
    34  notices, and provided further, where a  residential  customer  opts  for
    35  third-party notifications, such residential customer may opt to continue
    36  to receive such notices.
    37    (kk)  The  authority and its service provider shall permit a landlord,
    38  upon written request of both the landlord and  tenant,  to  designate  a
    39  third party to be notified of all requests for discontinuance of service
    40  to units occupied by such tenant, provided  that  the  designated  third
    41  party  indicates  in  writing a willingness to receive such notices, and
    42  provided further, where the tenant and landlord customers opt for third-
    43  party notifications, such tenant  and  landlord  customers  may  opt  to
    44  continue to receive such notices.
    45    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    46  it shall have become a law.