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Int 1837-2019

Certain estimated bills by the department of environmental protection.

IntroductionFiledCommittee on Environmental Protectionintroduced 2019-12-19

Filed — closed without being enacted.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2019-12-19Passed: 2021-12-31

Summary

This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to undertake measures to attempt to obtain actual meter readings including making an appointment with the customer or such other person who controls access to the meter for a reading during business hours, or offering the customer the opportunity to phone in or submit online a meter reading or taking such other steps as may be needed to ensure that the customer receives a timely meter reading.

Committee on Environmental Protection — Department of Environmental Protection and Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability and Office of Recovery and Resiliency.

How it compares

24% of similar bills passed

12 passed · 38 died

This bill: 742 days in committee

Similar bills: median 679 days · 305 days when passed

Compared against 50 Introduction bills in Committee on Environmental Protection.

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334dEnacted
Int 0534-2011
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377dEnacted
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940dFiled
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Notification of discolored water or reduction of water pressure.
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Sponsors (2)

Rafael Salamanca, Jr.(prime)
Kalman Yeger

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2019-12-19 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2019-12-19 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council

Heard at (1)

City Council · 2019-12-19 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (5)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Section 24-334 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows: d. When the department determines to issue an estimated bill covering three months or more, the department shall take reasonable actions to obtain an actual meter readings including making an appointment with the customer or such other person who controls access to the meter for a meter reading during business hours, or offering the customer the opportunity to phone in or submit online a meter reading, or providing a card to the customer on which such customer may record the reading and mail such card to the department. � 2. This local law takes effect immediately. LS 10139 SS 12/06/19 2