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2021 New York Laws
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - Specific Offenses
Title P - Offenses Against Public Safety
Article 270 - Other Offenses Relating to Public Safety
270.40 - Unlawfully Installing a Gas Meter.

Universal Citation: NY Penal L § 270.40 (2021)
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§ 270.40 Unlawfully installing a gas meter.

1.  As  used  in  this  section  "gas  meter" means any gas meter that
  measures usage of any end use customer of gas services.

2. A person is guilty of unlawfully installing a gas meter when he  or
  she  installs  the  gas  meter or is the owner of the premises where the
  meter is  unlawfully  installed  and  knows  that  such  gas  meter  was
  unlawfully  installed.  A  gas  meter is unlawfully installed when it is
  installed by any person other than  a  person  acting  on  behalf  of  a
  utility  corporation  subject  to the jurisdiction of the public service
  commission, unless such person has received a permit to install the  gas
  meter from the appropriate permitting authority.

Unlawfully installing a gas meter is a class B misdemeanor.

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