Bill Text: NY A04131 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts revenues derived from religious organizations from the temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-06 - held for consideration in corporations, authorities and commissions [A04131 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04131-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4131
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 1, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CERETTO, MONTESANO, BARCLAY -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. GOODELL, HAWLEY, OAKS, PALMESANO -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to exempting reli-
         gious organizations  from  the  temporary  state  energy  and  utility
         service conservation assessment fee
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  6  of  section  18-a  of  the
    2  public  service  law,  as added by section 4 of part NN of chapter 59 of
    3  the laws of 2009, is amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as
    4  follows:
    5    (b) The  temporary  state  energy  and  utility  service  conservation
    6  assessment  shall  be equal to two [percentum] PER CENTUM of the utility
    7  entity's gross operating revenues derived from intrastate utility  oper-
    8  ations  in  the  last preceding calendar year, minus the amount, if any,
    9  that such utility entity is assessed pursuant to  subdivisions  one  and
   10  two of this section for the corresponding state fiscal year period. With
   11  respect  to  the Long Island power authority, the temporary state energy
   12  and utility service  conservation  assessment  shall  be  equal  to  one
   13  [percentum]  PER  CENTUM  of  such  authority's gross operating revenues
   14  derived from intrastate utility operations in the last preceding  calen-
   15  dar  year.  No  corporation or person subject to the jurisdiction of the
   16  commission only with respect to safety, or the power  authority  of  the
   17  state  of  New  York, shall be subject to the temporary state energy and
   18  utility service conservation assessment provided for under this subdivi-
   19  sion. Utility entities whose gross operating  revenues  from  intrastate
   20  utility  operations  are  five  hundred  thousand dollars or less in the
   21  preceding calendar year shall not be  subject  to  the  temporary  state
   22  energy and utility service conservation assessment. RECEIPTS FROM REVEN-
   23  UES  DERIVED  FROM  RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02355-01-3
       A. 4131                             2
    1  UNDER FEDERAL AND STATE LAW SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO SUCH ASSESSMENT. The
    2  minimum temporary state energy and utility service conservation  assess-
    3  ment to be billed to any utility entity whose gross revenues from intra-
    4  state  utility operations are in excess of five hundred thousand dollars
    5  in the preceding calendar year shall be two hundred dollars.
    6    (I) NO PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY OR OTHER UTILITY ENTITY SUBJECT  TO  THE
    7  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  CHARGE OR PASS ALONG THE AMOUNT OF
    8  ASSESSMENT IMPOSED UNDER THIS SECTION TO ANY RELIGIOUS  ORGANIZATION  IN
    9  THIS STATE WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM TAXATION UNDER STATE LAW OR FEDERAL LAW.
   10    S  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
   11  ments to subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law made by
   12  section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such  subdivision
   13  and shall be deemed repealed therewith.