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A04338 Summary:

BILL NO	A04338
SAME AS	SAME AS S02697
SPONSOR	Perry (MS)
COSPNSR	Colton, Brook-Krasny
MLTSPNSR
Prohibits the NYC water board from enacting any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer, including timeframes for appeals and receiving refunds.

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A04338 Actions:

BILL NO	A04338
02/04/2013	referred to cities
01/08/2014	referred to cities
03/25/2014	reported referred to ways and means

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A04338 Floor Votes:

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A04338 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4338
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 4, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PERRY, COLTON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Cities
 
        AN ACT relating to prohibiting the New York city water board from adopt-
          ing any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

 
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation by any local govern-
     2  ment,  the  New York city water board is hereby prohibited from adopting
     3  any rules or regulations that reduce  the  timeframe  for  consumers  to
     4  appeal  bills  or receive refunds or are otherwise less favorable to the
     5  consumer and where backbilling errors are discovered  in  favor  of  the
     6  consumer,  the  New  York  city  water board shall provide for and order
     7  refunds up to six years.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00015-01-3

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