Bill Text: NY S02722 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes reduced rates for water charged to laundry businesses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-23 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S02722 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02722-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2722
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  authorizing
         reduced rates for water charged to laundry businesses
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 118-d to read as follows:
    3    S  118-D.  LAUNDRIES;  REDUCED  WATER  RATES.  1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
    4  SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    5    A. "USE WATER EXCLUSIVELY" SHALL MEAN THE USE OF WATER FOR  WHICH  NOT
    6  LESS  THAN NINETY PERCENT OF SUCH USE IS USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERAT-
    7  ING A LAUNDRY;
    8    B. "LAUNDRY" SHALL MEAN A COIN-OPERATED LAUNDRY, DRY  CLEANER  OR  ANY
    9  OTHER  ENTITY  THAT  PROVIDES FOR THE LAUNDERING OF CLOTHES ON THE PREM-
   10  ISES;
   11    C. "MUNICIPALITY" SHALL MEAN A COUNTY, TOWN, CITY OR VILLAGE;
   12    D. "WATER AUTHORITY" SHALL MEAN ANY WATER AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED PURSU-
   13  ANT TO THE LAWS OF THIS STATE.
   14    2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,  ANY  WATER  AUTHORITY,
   15  MUNICIPALITY  OR  OTHER ENTITY WHICH SUPPLIES WATER TO CONSUMERS IN THIS
   16  STATE MAY, BY THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OR SIMILAR ACT, PROVIDE FOR A
   17  REDUCED RATE FOR WATER CHARGED  TO  BUSINESS  CONSUMERS  WHO  USE  WATER
   18  EXCLUSIVELY  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF OPERATING A LAUNDRY. SUCH REDUCTION IN
   19  WATER RATES SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN PERCENT OF THE STANDARD RATE CHARG-
   20  ES TO SUCH CONSUMERS.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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