Bill Text: NY A01718 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Repeals certain provisions relating to a temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment; reduces the total amount that can be charged from one percent to one-third of one percent.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-14 - held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions [A01718 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A01718-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1718
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 12, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HAWLEY,  KOLB,  MALLIOTAKIS, GIGLIO, CROUCH,
          FRIEND, BARCLAY, PALMESANO, STEC -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.
          LOPEZ,  MAGEE,  McDONOUGH, OAKS, SALADINO, THIELE, WALTER -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commis-
          sions
        AN ACT to amend the public service law,  in  relation  to  reducing  the
          amount  a  utility can be assessed and to repeal certain provisions of
          such law relating to a temporary  state  energy  and  utility  service
          conservation assessment
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law  is
     2  REPEALED.
     3    §  2.  Paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision 2 of section 18-a of the public
     4  service law, as amended by section 2 of part A of  chapter  173  of  the
     5  laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (g) The total amount which may be charged to any public utility compa-
     7  ny  and the Long Island power authority under authority of this subdivi-
     8  sion for any state fiscal year shall not exceed  one-third  of  one  per
     9  centum  of  such public utility company's or authority's gross operating
    10  revenues derived from intrastate utility operations in the last  preced-
    11  ing  calendar  year,  or  other twelve month period as determined by the
    12  chairman; provided, however, that  no  corporation  or  person  that  is
    13  subject to the jurisdiction of the commission only with respect to safe-
    14  ty, or the power authority of the state of New York, shall be subject to
    15  the general assessment provided for under this subdivision.
    16    Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, for
    17  telephone  corporations  as  defined in subdivision seventeen of section
    18  two of this article, the total amount which may be charged  such  corpo-
    19  rations  for  department expenses under the authority of subdivision one
    20  of this section for any state fiscal year shall not exceed one-third  of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02290-01-7
        A. 1718                             2
     1  one  percentum  of  such corporation's gross operating revenue, over and
     2  above five hundred thousand dollars,  derived  from  intrastate  utility
     3  operations  in  the  last preceding calendar year, or other twelve month
     4  period as determined by the chairman.
     5    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.