# 255.15 Rules of regulatory construction.

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- **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:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** Transmission and Distribution of Gas. (a) As used in this Part:

(1) includes means including but not limited to;

(2) may means is permitted to or is authorized to;

(3) may not means is not permitted to or is not authorized to; and

(4) shall is used in the mandatory and imperative sense.

(b) In this Part:

(1) words indicating the singular include the plural;

(2) words indicating the plural
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(a) As used in this Part:

(1) includes means including but not limited to;

(2) may means is permitted to or is authorized to;

(3) may not means is not permitted to or is not authorized to; and

(4) shall is used in the mandatory and imperative sense.

(b) In this Part:

(1) words indicating the singular include the plural;

(2) words indicating the plural include the singular; and

(3) words indicating the masculine gender include the feminine.
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