Sec. 434.5. Days when discontinuance of service is not permitted

(a) No steam corporation shall discontinue service to any person for nonpayment of bills or for failure to post a required deposit on a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday, or day on which the main business office of the company is not open for business. For purposes of this section, public holiday shall refer to those holidays enumerated in the General Construction Law.

(b) No steam corporation or municipal steam corporation shall discontinue service to any residential customer for nonpayment of bills or for failure to post a required deposit on a Friday, or on the day preceding a day on which the main business office of the company is not scheduled to be open for business, or the day immediately preceding a public holiday. No such corporation shall discontinue service to any residential customer for nonpayment of bills or for failure to post a required deposit during a two-week period encompassing Christmas and New Year's Day.