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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6619--A
            Cal. No. 188
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 14, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens. SAVINO, MAZIARZ, ADDABBO, MARTINS, TKACZYK -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee  on Energy and Telecommunications -- 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 public hearing
          requirements before a gas or electric corporation closes a call center
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 13 of section 65 of the public
     2  service  law, as added by chapter 330 of the laws of 2010, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (b) No gas or electric corporation shall close a call center or  other
     5  facility providing the customer assistance set forth in paragraph (a) of
     6  this subdivision or relocate such customer assistance to another area of
     7  New  York  state or outside of New York state without notice and hearing
     8  before the commission.  Upon receipt of the notice required pursuant  to

     9  this paragraph, the commission shall provide notice of the proceeding to
    10  interested parties and the public; and shall promptly fix a date for the
    11  commencement  of a public hearing thereon not less than sixty days after
    12  such receipt. The testimony presented at such hearing may  be  presented
    13  in  writing  or  orally,  provided  that  the  commission may make rules
    14  designed to exclude repetitive, redundant or irrelevant testimony  while
    15  giving  all interested parties the opportunity to present their documen-
    16  tary and/or testimonial evidence.  The commission shall make a record of
    17  all testimony in all contested hearings. For purposes  of  this  section
    18  "public  hearing"  means a public forum at a physical location, attended

    19  by commission members  or  their  designees,  where  oral  testimony  is
    20  accepted  and  written  testimony  may be submitted for inclusion in the
    21  record. Such forum shall be open to parties to the  proceeding  and  the
    22  general public for the presentation of comments that shall be limited to
    23  relevant  facts  directly  related  to  the proceeding in question. Such
    24  hearing shall be commenced upon proper notice  to  the  parties  to  the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13865-03-4
        S. 6619--A                          2
 

     1  proceeding  and  the  public at least thirty days prior to the scheduled
     2  date.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.