{"operation":"document","citation":"16 NYCRR 255.15","title":"255.15 Rules of regulatory construction.","source_type":"regulation","agency":"New York State Public Service Commission","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":null,"effective_on":null,"summary":"Transmission and Distribution of Gas. (a) As used in this Part:\n\n(1) includes means including but not limited to;\n\n(2) may means is permitted to or is authorized to;\n\n(3) may not means is not permitted to or is not authorized to; and\n\n(4) shall is used in the mandatory and imperative sense.\n\n(b) In this Part:\n\n(1) words indicating the singular include the plural;\n\n(2) words indicating the plural","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ny-nycrr-255-15.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ny-nycrr-255-15.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ny-nycrr-255-15","source_url":"https://govt.westlaw.com/nycrr/Document/I505bfac2cd1711dda432a117e6e0f345?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)","body":"(a) As used in this Part:\n\n(1) includes means including but not limited to;\n\n(2) may means is permitted to or is authorized to;\n\n(3) may not means is not permitted to or is not authorized to; and\n\n(4) shall is used in the mandatory and imperative sense.\n\n(b) In this Part:\n\n(1) words indicating the singular include the plural;\n\n(2) words indicating the plural include the singular; and\n\n(3) words indicating the masculine gender include the feminine.","truncated":false,"body_characters":451}