New York S 597: Relates to trademark counterfeiting

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S00597 Summary:

BILL NOS00597 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07366

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SPONSORHINCHEY

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COSPNSRMAY, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §89-q, Pub Serv L; add §15-0319, En Con L; amd §8, St Fin L

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Establishes the "small water utility transparency act"; requires the public service commission and the department of environmental conservation to conduct audits of certain private water companies; requires certain private water companies which are under certain investigations to file public updates on the status of compliance with such orders.

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BILL NOS00597 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/21/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1598

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 597

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HINCHEY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
 nications

 AN ACT to amend the public service law, the environmental conservation
 law and the state finance law, in relation to reporting requirements
 and audits of private water companies

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "small
 2 water utility transparency act".
 3 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 89-q
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 89-q. Powers of the commission with respect to private water compa-
 6 nies. 1. The commission, in coordination with the comptroller, shall
 7 conduct full audits of regulated private water companies with gross
 8 annual revenues below two hundred fifty thousand dollars on a three- to
 9 five-year cycle, as determined by the commission. Such audits shall
 10 focus on capital investment in the private water company, compliance
 11 with state and federal water safety regulations and laws, financial
 12 capacity of the private water company, management ability and function
 13 of the private water company, water adequacy and sufficiency of the
 14 private water system and affordability.
 15 2. The commission shall require that any regulated private water
 16 company with gross annual revenues below two hundred fifty thousand
 17 dollars which is under investigation either by motion of the commission,
 18 pursuant to section eighty-nine-i of this article, or pursuant to an
 19 order to show cause shall file regular public updates on the status of
 20 compliance with such order. The commission shall promulgate rules and
 21 regulations regarding such requirement including, but not limited to,
 22 determining how often such public updates shall be provided and the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01751-01-5

 S. 597 2

 1 manner in which such public updates shall be provided to the public.
 2 The commission shall be authorized to establish and collect fines for
 3 non-compliance with this subdivision. Such fines may be set at
 4 increased rates for repeated non-compliance.
 5 3. The commission shall cooperate with the department of environmental
 6 conservation and shall provide any information or data compiled by or in
 7 the possession of the commission to the department of environmental
 8 conservation for the purposes of aiding the department of environmental
 9 conservation in carrying out audits of regulated private water companies
 10 with gross annual revenues below two hundred fifty thousand dollars. The
 11 commission shall coordinate such audits with the department of environ-
 12 mental conservation and shall issue joint audit reports that merge the
 13 separate audits of the commission a