A9856-2011 Actions

• Apr 18, 2012: referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

A9856-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    9856

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                               April 18, 2012
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  Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRENNAN  -- (at request of the Department of
    Public Service) -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Corpo-
    rations, Authorities and Commissions

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  service  law, in relation to electronic
    service of orders

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 23 of the public service law, as
  amended by chapter 310 of the laws  of  1974,  is  amended  to  read  as
  follows:

    1.  Every order of the commission shall be served upon every person or
  corporation to be affected thereby BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE IN A MANNER AND
  FORMAT PROVIDED FOR IN REGULATIONS  ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  COMMISSION  OR
  ALTERNATIVELY,  IF NON-ELECTRONIC SERVICE IS REQUESTED BY SUCH PERSON OR
  CORPORATION, either by personal delivery of a copy thereof[;], or by THE
  mailing OF a copy thereof, in a sealed package with postage prepaid,  to
  the  person  to be affected thereby or, in the case of a corporation, to
  any officer or agent thereof upon  whom  a  summons  may  be  served  in
  accordance with the provisions of the civil practice law and rules.  The
  commission  shall  provide,  upon request, a certified copy thereof or a
  copy thereof bearing the seal of the commission.  Within a  time  speci-
  fied  in  the  order of the commission every person and corporation upon
  whom it is served must if so required in the order  notify  the  commis-
  sion,  in  writing, whether the terms of the order are accepted and will
  be obeyed and in the case of a corporation such  notification  shall  be
  signed  and  acknowledged  by a person or officer duly authorized by the
  corporation to execute such acceptance and agreement. Every order of the
  commission shall take effect at  a  time  therein  specified  and  shall
  continue in force either for a period which may be designated therein or
  until changed or abrogated by the commission, unless such order be unau-
  thorized  by  this  chapter  or  any  other  act or be in violation of a
  provision of the constitution of the state or of the United States.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD14250-01-2