Requires that the public service commission provide notice to local United States congressional members, state senators, state assembly members, and municipal elected officials for any hearing related to a water rate increase.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1784
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to providing notice
to local elected officials for any hearing related to a water rate
increase
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 10 of section 89-c of the
2 public service law, as amended by chapter 154 of the laws of 1989, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (f) Whenever there shall be filed with the commission by any water-
5 works corporation any schedule stating a new rate or charge, or any
6 change in any form of contract or agreement or any rule or regulation
7 relating to any rate, charge or service, or in any general privilege or
8 facility, the commission may, at any time within sixty days from the
9 date when such schedule would or has become effective, either upon
10 complaint or upon its own initiative, and, if it so orders, without
11 answer or other formal pleading by the interested corporation, but upon
12 reasonable notice, hold a hearing concerning the propriety of a change
13 proposed by the filing. If such change is a major change, the commission
14 shall hold such a hearing. The commission shall give notice of such
15 hearing to the local United States congressional representatives, state
16 senators, state assembly members, and municipal elected officials. Pend-
17 ing such hearing and decision thereon, the commission, upon filing with
18 such schedule and delivering to the corporation affected thereby a
19 statement in writing of its reasons therefor, may suspend the operation
20 of such schedule, but not for a longer period than one hundred and twen-
21 ty days beyond the time when it would otherwise go into effect. After a
22 full hearing, whether completed before or after the schedule goes into
23 effect, the commission may make such order in reference thereto as would
24 be proper in a proceeding begun after the rate, charge, form of contract
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 or agreement, rule, regulation, service, general privilege or facility
2 had become effective. If any such hearing cannot be concluded within the
3 period of suspension as above stated, the commission may extend the
4 suspension for a further period not exceeding six months.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
6 have become a law.