Bill Text: NY A03780 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires gas and electric utilities to make available to landlords or lessors, upon request of prospective tenants or lessees, information concerning gas and electric charges incurred for residential rental premises; provides that such information shall be furnished without any charge or fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-01-04 - ordered to third reading cal.148 [A03780 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03780-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3780
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 27, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. JEFFRIES, ROBINSON, WRIGHT, ROSENTHAL, REILLY,
         M. MILLER, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, PHEFFER  --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public service law, in relation to making gas and
         electric billing information for residential rental premises available
         upon request
         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  66-m to read as follows:
    3    S 66-M. GAS AND ELECTRIC BILLING INFORMATION  FOR  RESIDENTIAL  RENTAL
    4  PREMISES.  EVERY GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION, AND MUNICIPALITY
    5  SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY LANDLORD OR  LESSOR  OF  RESIDENTIAL  RENTAL
    6  PREMISES,  UPON  WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR FROM ANY PROSPECTIVE TENANT OR
    7  LESSEE THEREOF, PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF TENANCY OR EXECUTION  OF  A
    8  LEASE,  INFORMATION  CONSISTING OF THE CHARGES INCURRED AT SUCH PREMISES
    9  FOR GAS OR ELECTRIC SERVICE OR BOTH. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL  BE  IDENTI-
   10  FIED  SOLELY  BY THE ADDRESS OF THE DWELLING UNIT, AND NO OTHER INFORMA-
   11  TION IDENTIFYING THE OWNER, LESSEE, OR OTHER OCCUPANT  OF  THE  DWELLING
   12  UNIT  SHALL  BE  UTILIZED FOR, OR MADE AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH, THE
   13  FURNISHING OF BILLING INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.  SUCH INFOR-
   14  MATION SHALL BE FURNISHED TO BOTH   THE LANDLORD OR LESSOR  AND  TO  THE
   15  PROSPECTIVE TENANT OR LESSEE WITHOUT THE IMPOSITION OF ANY CHARGE OR FEE
   16  THEREFOR BY ANY PARTY TO ANY PARTY.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   18  it  shall have become a law; provided that the public service commission
   19  is authorized to  promulgate any and all rules and regulations and  take
   20  any other measures necessary to implement this act on its effective date
   21  on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06297-01-1