What's happening
This bill halts water meter charges, liens, and late fees for residential customers while their billing disputes are being appealed.
Why it matters
Protects residents from financial penalties. while they challenge potentially incorrect water bills, preventing them from facing late fees or interest charges during the appeals process.
Shields homes from the risk of liens. being placed on their property due to disputed water charges, which could otherwise threaten homeownership or complicate refinancing and sales.
Strengthens due process for consumers. by ensuring that disputed charges are not enforced or escalated until all administrative remedies and appeals have been fully exhausted, giving people a fair chance to contest errors.
Could incentivize more accurate billing and dispute resolution. by removing financial pressure from customers, which may encourage the water department to resolve billing disputes more efficiently and accurately.
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Pause Water Bills During Disputes
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Sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to codes
- Referred to cities
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5079
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 6, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, ZEBROWSKI, COLTON, COOK, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the tolling of charges imposed by meter for residential use of the water supply when such charges are disputed
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 24-340 to read as follows:
§ 24-340 Charges tolled during appeals. Whenever a person shall dispute the charge imposed by the metering of such individual's residential use of the water supply, or whenever such person disputes the actual amount of water used as measured by meter, the disputed charges imposed by such meter shall be held in abeyance pending final adjudication on the merits, including the exhaustion of administrative appeals, by the department. Such charges shall not be attached as a lien against such individual's residence unless and until the dispute has reached a final adjudication on the merits, including the exhaustion of administrative appeals, by the department. Such charges, if disputed, shall not accrue late payment charges until thirty days after such final adjudication.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09102-01-7
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