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A03359 Summary:

A03359 Actions:

A03359 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS   Chair:Paulin      
DATE:02/09/2021AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Paulin
Aye
Lemondes
Aye
Cook
Excused
Blankenbush
Aye
Galef
Aye
Friend
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Lalor
Aye
Quart
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Otis
Aye
Angelino
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Kim
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Richardson
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Niou
Aye
Fall
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Dinowitz      
DATE:03/30/2021AYE/NAY:21/0  Action: Favorable         
Dinowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Reilly
Aye
O'Donnell
Absent
Mikulin
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Tannousis
Aye
Perry
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Fahy
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Walker
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Cruz
Aye

A03359 Floor Votes:

A03359 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3359
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 26, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to prohibiting util-
          ity  companies  from  harassing, oppressing or abusing any residential
          customer in connection with the handling  of  a  complaint  or  unpaid
          balance

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
     2  53-a to read as follows:
     3    §  53-a.  Prohibition  of  utilities  engaging  in detrimental conduct
     4  towards a residential customer. 1.  A  utility  corporation  or  munici-
     5  pality, or energy services companies subject to the department's uniform
     6  business  practices  and  section  three  hundred  forty-nine  and three
     7  hundred forty-nine-d of the general business law, also known  as  ESCOs,
     8  shall  not  engage in any conduct the natural consequence of which is to
     9  harass, oppress, or abuse any residential customer  in  connection  with
    10  the  handling  of  a residential customer complaint, the offering and/or
    11  negotiating of a deferred payment agreement, or  the  collection  of  an
    12  unpaid balance or any other obligation owed by such customer.
    13    2.  All utilities or municipal utilities or ESCOs in violation of this
    14  section shall be subject to fines,  penalties  and  enforcement  by  the
    15  department pursuant to sections twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-five-a,
    16  and  twenty-six  of  this chapter, and all such other legal or equitable
    17  remedies as may be necessary or convenient for protection  of  consumers
    18  against  the  prohibited  behaviors described in subdivision one of this
    19  section.
    20    3. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary  to
    21  implement and enforce the provisions of this section.
    22    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    23  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    24  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    25  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    26  on or before such effective date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08935-01-1