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- Signed chap.304
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.134
- Substituted for A6646
- Referred to agriculture
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.373
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- Referred to agriculture
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Provides for the issuance of receipts for the delivery of liquefied petroleum gas by electronic means
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor William Magee
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4545
Title of bill
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to the issuance of receipts for the delivery of liquefied petroleum gas by electronic means
Purpose
The legislation provides an option for propane customers to receive a copy of the meter-generated delivery ticket by email.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 provides § 192.6 of the Agriculture and Markets Law is amended to conform to Handbook 44 G-S.5.6
Section 2 is the effective date.
Justification
Transactions traditionally conducted on paper are increasingly being replaced by digital transmission. Such transactions include paperless bank statements, online bill payment of utility, mortgage, credit card and tax, remissions and the virtual elimination of paper checks by debit cards. Consumers now routinely receive bills by email and remit online. E-billing and payment is now the dominant means of making financial settlements.
This measure would give propane customers the option of receiving the delivery ticket by email and/or hard copy. Current law requires that a meter-generated ticket showing relevant information be left at the time of the delivery with a copy retained by the company. A record of the delivery would be loaded into a company's computer system and e-mailed to customers who have requested it.
This bill's environmental benefits accrue from reduction in the paper waste stream for companies and customers as well as savings in surface mail costs. Additionally, identity theft opportunities would be reduced by eliminating sensitive information typically left unsecured on customers' properties.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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