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S08416 Summary:

BILL NO	S08416
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	SKOUFIS
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §44, Pub Serv L
Requires utility corporations and municipalities include in an email regarding a bill for service the amount owed on such bill for service where the amount owed is prominently displayed and accurate.

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S08416 Actions:

BILL NO	S08416
01/29/2024	REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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S08416 Committee Votes:

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S08416 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8416
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 29, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 requiring utility
          corporations  and  municipalities include in an email regarding a bill
          for service the amount owed on such bill for service

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 44 of the public service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8.  Every utility corporation or municipality shall explicitly include
     4  in any emails sent regarding a bill for service to residential customers
     5  the total amount owed by the customer on  such  bill  for  service.  The
     6  total amount due shall be prominently displayed in the body of the email
     7  and shall be clearly and easily visible to the customer upon opening the
     8  email.  Utility  companies  shall ensure that the bill total is accurate
     9  and up-to-date at the time of sending the email.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    11  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13241-03-4

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