S 2458 NY
Provides the New York city water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board
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Summary
This New York law extends the time period that customers of the New York City water board have to challenge water and sewerage service charges. The bill increases the minimum time limit from four years to six years, counting from the date of the bill for services, to file a challenge to any fee, rate, rent, or other service charge. The New York City water board cannot establish a time limit shorter than six years for customers to challenge these charges. Any customer filing a challenge must specifically set forth the basis for their claim. The law becomes effective immediately upon enactment.
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Official abstract
Provides the NYC water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board and/or sewerage systems.
Sponsor (1)
- Leroy Comrie Democratic · primary
1 coauthor / cosponsor
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (16)
- Jan 17, 2025 REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS · upper
- Jan 28, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.198 · upper
- Feb 3, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Feb 4, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Mar 24, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Mar 24, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Mar 24, 2025 REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS · upper
- Feb 10, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.321 · upper
- Feb 11, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Feb 24, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 4, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 4, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 4, 2026 REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S02458 Summary: BILL NO S02458   SAME AS SAME AS A01454
  SPONSOR COMRIE   COSPNSR ADDABBO   MLTSPNSR   Amd §1045-g, Pub Auth L   Provides the NYC water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board and/or sewerage systems.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
2458
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 17, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing a time limit to challenge the New York City water board fees, rates, rents and other service charges
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1045-g of the public authorities 2 law, as amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 4. To establish, fix, revise, charge and collect and enforce the 5 payment of all fees, rates, rents and other service charges for the use 6 of, or services furnished by the sewerage system, water system, or both, 7 as the case may be, so as to receive revenues which, together with other 8 revenues available to the board, if any, shall be at least sufficient at 9 all times so that such system or systems shall be placed on a self-sus- 10 taining basis in accordance with section one thousand forty-five-j of 11 this title; provided, however that the water board shall not establish a 12 limit of less than [ four ] six years commencing from the date of the bill 13 for services to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges 14 for the use of or services furnished by the water and/or sewerage 15 systems; any such challenge shall specifically set forth the basis for 16 such claim; 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03948-01-5
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