Bill Text: NY S00173 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 173

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits gas and electric corporations from filing any schedules setting forth rules or regulations which absolve or attempt to absolve such corporations from liability for the interruption of its supply of service arising from the ordinary negligence of its employees, servants or agents; provides that any such schedules filed are void as against public policy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S00173 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00173-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           173

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Tele-
          communications

        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the liability  of
          gas  and  electric  corporations  arising from the negligence of their
          employees, servants or agents

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1     Section 1.  Subdivision 12 of section 66 of the public service law is
     2  amended by adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
     3    Nothing  contained  in  this subdivision shall be construed to, and no
     4  rule, regulation, order or practice of the  commission  shall  authorize
     5  the  filing by any gas corporation or electric corporation of any sched-
     6  ule setting forth rules or regulations  relating  to  rates  or  service
     7  which,  in  words  or  effect, absolve or attempt to absolve such corpo-
     8  ration from liability for the interruption  of  its  supply  of  service
     9  arising  from  the  ordinary  negligence  of  its employees, servants or
    10  agents.  Any part of any schedule  filed  by  such  corporation  setting
    11  forth  any such rules or regulations relating to absolution from liabil-
    12  ity shall be deemed void as against public policy.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01962-01-3