89-A – Application of Article.
§ 89-a. Application of article. This article shall apply to the sale, furnishing and distribution of water for domestic, commercial and public purposes, not including bottled water.
89-B – Safe and Adequate Service; Just and Reasonable Charges; Unjust Discrimination; Unreasonable Preference; Protection of Privacy.
§ 89-b. Safe and adequate service; just and reasonable charges; unjust discrimination; unreasonable preference; protection of privacy. 1. Every water-works corporation shall furnish and provide such service, instrumentalities and facilities as shall be safe and adequate and in all respects just and reasonable. All charges made or demanded by any such water-works corporation for water, […]
89-C – General Powers of Commission in Respect to Water Supply.
§ 89-c. General powers of commission in respect to water supply. The commission: 1. Shall have general supervision of all water-works corporations, as hereinbefore defined, having authority under any general or special law or under any charter or franchise to lay down, construct or maintain pipes, conduits, ducts or other fixtures in, on or under […]
89-D – Inspection of Meters.
§ 89-d. Inspection of meters. 1. The commission shall appoint inspectors of water meters whose duty it shall be, when required by the commission, to inspect, examine, prove and ascertain the accuracy of any and all water meters used or intended to be used for measuring or ascertaining the quantity of water furnished by any […]
89-E – Filing of Approval for Construction; Approval of Initial Rate Schedules; Certificate for Parallel or Duplicate Lines.
§ 89-e. Filing of approval for construction; approval of initial rate schedules; certificate for parallel or duplicate lines. 1. No water-works corporation shall begin construction of a water system or extension thereof or exercise any rights or privileges under any franchise hereafter granted, or under any franchise heretofore granted but not heretofore actually exercised, or […]
89-F – Approval of Issues of Stock, Bonds and Other Forms of Indebtedness.
§ 89-f. Approval of issues of stock, bonds and other forms of indebtedness. A water-works corporation organized or existing, or hereafter incorporated, under or by virtue of the laws of the state of New York, may issue stocks, bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness payable at periods of more than twelve months after the […]
89-G – Reorganization.
§ 89-g. Reorganization. 1. Reorganizations of water-works corporations pursuant to sections ninety-six and ninety-seven of the stock corporation law and such other statutes as may be enacted from time to time shall be subject to the supervision and control of the commission, and no such reorganization shall be had without the authorization of such commission. […]
89-H – Transfer of Franchises or Stocks.
§ 89-h. Transfer of franchises or stocks. 1. No water-works corporation shall transfer or lease its franchise, works or system or any part of such franchise, works or system to any other person or corporation or contract for the operation of its works and system, without the written consent of the commission. 2. The permission […]
89-I – Complaints as to Price of Water; Investigation by Commission; Forms of Complaints.
§ 89-i. Complaints as to price of water; investigation by commission; forms of complaints. Upon the complaint in writing of the mayor of a city, the trustees of a village or the town board of a town in which a person or corporation is authorized to supply or distribute water for domestic, commercial or public […]
89-J – Notice and Hearing; Order Fixing Price of Water or Requiring Improvement.
§ 89-j. Notice and hearing; order fixing price of water or requiring improvement. Before proceeding under a complaint presented as provided in section eighty-nine-i, the commission shall cause notice of such complaint, and the purpose thereof, to be served upon the person or corporation affected thereby. Such person or corporation shall have an opportunity to […]
89-L – Municipal Water Systems.
§ 89-l. Municipal water systems. 1. For the purposes of this section, and for the purposes of any jurisdiction conferred by it upon the public service commission, a municipality is one which owns, maintains or operates, or proposes to own, maintain or operate, a water system, or which sells, furnishes or distributes, or proposes to […]
89-N – Defense in Case of Excessive Charges for Water.
§ 89-n. Defense in case of excessive charges for water. If it be alleged and established in an action brought in any court for the collection of any charge for water that a price has been demanded in excess of that fixed by the commission or by statute in the municipality wherein the action arose, […]
89-O – Powers of Local Officers.
§ 89-o. Powers of local officers. If in any city having a population of fifty thousand or more there now exists or shall hereafter be created a board, body or officer having jurisdiction of matters pertaining to water supply such board, body or officer shall have and may exercise such power, jurisdiction and authority in […]
89-P – Powers of the Department.
§ 89-p. Powers of the department. The department shall, with respect to out of state water-works corporations which are affiliated with in-state water-works corporations and which provide water to such in-state corporations for eventual retail to New York consumers, keep apprised of, attend and monitor, and, where possible, formally intervene in rate cases brought by […]