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NY S04800

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/12/2021

Primary Sponsor

Kevin Parker

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Origin

Senate

2021-2022 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires New York City to verify before imposing water charges on hospitals, orphan asylums, and other charitable institutions that no charges are being levied for services not actually supplied.

  • Mandates that NYC grant credits to covered entities when improper meter multipliers were used and the city had knowledge of the error, including cases involving cooling tower meters with average daily flow calculations.

  • Allows credits to be applied retroactively up to ten years from the bill's effective date, and requires any interest charges levied for unsupplied services to be credited to the entity's account.

  • Revives all previous claims of overcharges, improper credits, or usage estimation errors without time limitations, including claims previously deemed time-barred or settled by court order.

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment.

Legislative Description

Relates to credits for charges in which services were not supplied; requires the city of New York to make certain that there are no charges being levied for services which were not supplied to a covered entity; requires accounts to be credited for services not provided.

Last Action

REFERRED TO CITIES 1

1/5/2022

Committee Referrals

Cities 12/12/2021

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