Bill Text: NJ S583 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes companies under BPU jurisdiction to bill customers electronically upon customers' request.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-10-18 - Substituted by A909 [S583 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S583-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes companies under BPU jurisdiction to bill customers electronically upon customers' request.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning certain billing practices of companies under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities and supplementing Title 48 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Any company under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities that periodically bills its customers may, upon the request of a customer:
a. offer each customer the ability to receive or access, in electronic format, any periodic bill for service sent by the company to its customers and any additional information sent by the company to its customers as required by law, provided that any notice of disconnection, discontinuance or termination of service shall be sent to a customer in written form to a customer's legal mailing address in addition to being sent or being made available in electronic format; and
b. provide the customer of such company the option of paying any such periodic bill via electronic means.
2. This act shall take effect on the 180th day after the date of enactment, but the Board of Public Utilities may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill permits any company under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities that periodically bills its customers, at the request of a customer, to: 1) offer the customer the ability to receive or access in electronic format any periodic bill for service sent by the company to that customer and any additional information sent by the company to its customers as required by law; and 2) provide the customer of such company the option of paying any such periodic bill via electronic means. In addition to any electronic notice sent to a customer, any notice of disconnection, discontinuance, or termination of service would still be required to be mailed in writing to the customer's legal mailing address.
