Clarifies how certain non-billing information regarding the delivery of water is disclosed to residents of cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family dwellings; requires water-works corporations to notify customers of their ability to receive non-billing related information.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6846--A
Cal. No. 710
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 25, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to clarifying how
certain non-billing information regarding the delivery of water is
disclosed to residents of cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family
dwellings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 17 of section 89-c of the public service law,
2 as added by chapter 191 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 17. The commission shall [have power to] require each water-works
5 corporation to establish a process for residents of any cooperative,
6 condominium or multi-family dwelling with five or more residential
7 units, which uses a master meter to distribute water to such residents,
8 to obtain non-billing related information in the same manner that
9 customers of such water-works corporation are entitled to receive such
10 information regarding the delivery of water including but not limited to
11 service updates, water quality notices and other information deemed
12 essential to water consumers. The commission shall require each water-
13 works corporation to identify all cooperatives, condominiums or multi-
14 family dwellings with five or more residential units which use a master
15 meter within their territory, and such water-works corporation shall,
16 initially and periodically thereafter, provide written notice to all
17 such identified cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family dwellings
18 with five or more residential units which use a master meter within
19 their territory. The customer of the master meter who receives a written
20 notice about water service pursuant to this subdivision, shall provide
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 such notice to all residents of such cooperatives, condominiums or
2 multi-family dwellings. Such cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family
3 dwellings shall allow for residents to provide contact information and a
4 preferred method of contact of the resident for purposes of disclosing
5 non-billing related information.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
