NYSentencing

§ 270.40 Unlawfully installing a gas meter.
  1. As used in this section "gas meter" means any gas meter that  meas-
ures 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 unlaw-
fully installed. A gas  meter  is    unlawfully  installed  when  it  is
installed by any person other than a person acting on behalf of a utili-
ty corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the public service commis-
sion,  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.
(Added by L.2021 c.274 effective 07/16/21.)
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