A06371 Summary:
| BILL NO | A06371 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S02173 |
| SPONSOR | Hyndman |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Prohibits the NYC water board from enacting any rules and regulations less favorable to the consumer, including timeframes for appeals and receiving refunds. | |
A06371 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6371 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee 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. LBD06046-01-5