STATE OF NEW YORK
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5346--A
Cal. No. 1032
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 22, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- reported favora-
bly 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 penal law, in relation to unlawfully installing gas
meters
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 270.40 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 270.40 Unlawfully installing gas meters.
4 1. As used in this section "gas meters" means all gas meters that
5 measure usage of any end use customer of gas services.
6 2. A person is guilty of unlawfully installing gas meters when he or
7 she installs the gas meters; is the owner of the premises where the
8 meters are unlawfully installed; or otherwise knows the meters are
9 unlawfully installed. A gas meter is unlawfully installed when it is
10 installed by any person other than a person acting on behalf of a utili-
11 ty corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commis-
12 sion, unless such person has received a permit to install the gas meter
13 from the appropriate permitting authority.
14 Unlawfully installing gas meters is a class B misdemeanor.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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