Bill Text: NY A03435 | 2015-2016 | 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: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 20-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-12 - held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions [A03435 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03435-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3435
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 22, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  HAWLEY,  CORWIN,  KOLB, MALLIOTAKIS, GIGLIO,
         CROUCH, FRIEND, BARCLAY, PALMESANO, STEC -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.
         of  A.  DUPREY,  LOPEZ,  MAGEE,  McDONOUGH,  OAKS,  SALADINO, TEDISCO,
         TENNEY, THIELE, WALTER -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
         Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       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    2  REPEALED.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    S 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.
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    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    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.