Bill Text: NY S03714 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to appointing ad hoc members to the New York state board on electric generation siting and the environment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S03714 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S03714-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3714 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 30, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni- cations AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to appointing ad hoc members to the New York state board on electric generation siting and the environment The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 161 of the public service law, as 2 added by chapter 388 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 3 2. (a) Upon receipt of a pre-application preliminary scoping statement 4 under this article, the chair shall promptly notify the governor, the 5 president pro tem of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chief 6 executive officers representing the municipality and the county in which 7 the facility is proposed to be located, and, if such facility is 8 proposed to be located within the city of New York, the mayor of the 9 city of New York, as well as the chairperson of the community board and 10 the borough president representing the area in which the facility is 11 proposed to be located. One ad hoc member shall be appointed by the 12 president pro tem of the senate and one ad hoc member shall be appointed 13 by the speaker of the assembly from a list of candidates submitted to 14 them, in the following manner. If such facility is proposed to be 15 located outside of the city of New York, the chief executive officer 16 representing the municipality shall nominate four candidates and the 17 chief executive officer representing the county shall nominate four 18 candidates for consideration. If such facility is proposed to be located 19 outside of the city of New York and in a village located within a town, 20 the chief executive officer representing the town shall nominate four 21 candidates, the chief executive officer representing the county shall 22 nominate four candidates, and the chief executive officer representing 23 the village shall nominate four candidates for consideration. If such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07904-01-1S. 3714 2 1 facility is proposed to be located in the city of New York, the chair- 2 person of the community board, the borough president, and the mayor of 3 the city of New York shall each nominate four candidates for consider- 4 ation. Nominations shall be submitted to the president pro tem of the 5 senate and the speaker of the assembly within fifteen days of receipt of 6 notification of the pre-application preliminary scoping statement. In 7 the event that the president pro tem of the senate does not appoint one 8 of the candidates within thirty days of such nominations, the governor 9 shall appoint the ad hoc member from the list of candidates within 10 forty-five days. In the event that the speaker of the assembly does not 11 appoint one of the candidates within thirty days of such nominations, 12 the governor shall appoint the ad hoc member from the list of candidates 13 within forty-five days. [In the event that one or both of the ad hoc14public members have not been appointed within forty-five days, a majori-15ty of persons named to the board shall constitute a quorum.] 16 (b) In the event that one or both of the ad hoc members have not been 17 appointed, pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the chair 18 shall, within thirty days, notify all parties required to be notified of 19 the pre-application preliminary scoping statement of the status of the 20 candidates submitted. The state senator or senators and state assembly 21 member or members who represent the districts wherein the proposed 22 project is planned shall also be notified of the status of the candi- 23 dates submitted. 24 (c) If one or both of the ad hoc members have not been appointed 25 pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision, then the state senator 26 or senators and state assembly member or members who represent the 27 districts wherein the proposed project is planned shall be authorized to 28 appoint ad hoc members from the lists of candidates submitted in the 29 same manner as the president pro tem of the senate and the speaker of 30 the assembly. 31 (d) Upon the appointment of all ad hoc members, a majority of persons 32 named to the board shall constitute a quorum. 33 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 34 current and future ad hoc member openings on the New York state board on 35 electric generation siting and the environment.