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Committee advances bill to limit challenges to NYC water-board fees to under six years
Summary
A Senate committee advanced a bill that would create a statute of limitations — less than six years — for challenging New York City water-board fees, rates, rents and service charges. The measure was moved, seconded and reported to the floor by voice vote.
A Senate committee on Feb. 10 advanced a bill that would limit legal challenges to New York City water-board fees, rates, rents and other service charges to a period of less than six years.
The bill, identified in committee as "Senate Bill 24 4 24 58," was introduced by the committee and described as an amendment to the Public Authorities Law to establish a time limit for such challenges. "So create a limit of, less than 6 years to challenge any fee rate or rent or service charges for the use of services furnished by the water board and sewage systems in New York City," said Speaker 1 during the item.
The committee moved the measure, a senator identified in the transcript as "Scoopi" provided the second, and the panel advanced the bill by voice vote. Committee minutes recorded the action as "passed and reported to the floor." No roll-call vote or individual tallies were recorded on the transcript.
If enacted, the amendment would impose a maximum challenge period for disputes over rates and charges imposed by the New York City water board and related sewage-system service charges. The transcript did not specify the bill sponsor’s full name beyond the committee announcement, and the bill number in the record is garbled; the committee record identifies the provision’s subject and the proposed six-year cap but does not provide a clean statutory citation in the transcript.
The committee took no other formal action on this item beyond advancing it to the floor.
