Bill Text: NY A06567 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the electronic service of orders of the public service commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-22 - signed chap.95 [A06567 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06567-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6567
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRENNAN  -- (at request of the Department of
         Public Service) -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Corpo-
         rations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  service  law, in relation to electronic
         service of orders
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 23 of the public service law, as
    2  amended by chapter 310 of the laws  of  1974,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    1.  Every order of the commission shall be served upon every person or
    5  corporation to be affected thereby BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE IN A MANNER AND
    6  FORMAT PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATIONS  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  COMMISSION  OR
    7  ALTERNATIVELY,  IF NON-ELECTRONIC SERVICE IS REQUESTED BY SUCH PERSON OR
    8  CORPORATION, either by personal delivery of a copy thereof[;], or by THE
    9  mailing OF a copy thereof, in a sealed package with postage prepaid,  to
   10  the  person  to be affected thereby or, in the case of a corporation, to
   11  any officer or agent thereof upon  whom  a  summons  may  be  served  in
   12  accordance with the provisions of the civil practice law and rules.  The
   13  commission  shall  provide,  upon request, a certified copy thereof or a
   14  copy thereof bearing the seal of the commission.  Within a  time  speci-
   15  fied  in  the  order of the commission every person and corporation upon
   16  whom it is served must if so required in the order  notify  the  commis-
   17  sion,  in  writing, whether the terms of the order are accepted and will
   18  be obeyed and in the case of a corporation such  notification  shall  be
   19  signed  and  acknowledged  by a person or officer duly authorized by the
   20  corporation to execute such acceptance and agreement. Every order of the
   21  commission shall take effect at  a  time  therein  specified  and  shall
   22  continue in force either for a period which may be designated therein or
   23  until changed or abrogated by the commission, unless such order be unau-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  thorized  by  this  chapter  or  any  other  act or be in violation of a
    2  provision of the constitution of the state or of the United States.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.