Bill Text: NY S04598 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Establishes the maximum annual fee that licensed nuclear electric generating facilities are liable for to support state and local governmental responsibilities under accepted radiological emergency preparedness plans related to the facility operated by such licensee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-03 - PRINT NUMBER 4598B [S04598 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04598-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4598--B
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 24, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and  Tele-
         communications   --   committee   discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --  recommitted
         to  the  Committee on Energy and Telecommunications in accordance with
         Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the maximum amount of
         the annual fee that licensed nuclear  electric  generating  facilities
         are  liable  for  in  order  to  support  state and local governmental
         responsibilities under accepted  radiological  emergency  preparedness
         plans related to the facility operated by such licensee
         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 2 of section 29-c of the exec-
    2  utive law, as amended by section 1 of part R of chapter 56 of  the  laws
    3  of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (b)  The  amount of such fee shall be [one million dollars] DETERMINED
    5  ANNUALLY BY THE COMMISSION TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE COSTS OF SUCH RESPON-
    6  SIBILITIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR AND UNEXPENDED AMOUNT OF  PREVIOUS
    7  FEES  PAID BY ANY SUCH LICENSEE. Such fee, which shall be payable to the
    8  commission on or before [December] APRIL first,  shall  be  expended  or
    9  distributed  only  by appropriation.   THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SUCH ANNUAL
   10  FEE REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION FOR EACH FACILITY SHALL  BE  IN  ACCORDANCE
   11  WITH THE FOLLOWING TABLE:
   12  FOR THE FISCAL YEARS          LIMITATION
   13  2010-2011                     $1,000,000
   14  2011-2012 AND 2012-2013       $2,000,000
   15  FISCAL YEARS THEREAFTER       SHALL INCREASE ANNUALLY IN EACH FISCAL YEAR
   16                                FROM THE PRIOR LIMITATION BY THE GREATER OF
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08197-05-0
       S. 4598--B                          2
    1                                THE INCREASE IN THE LATEST AVERAGE ANNUAL
    2                                CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN
    3                                CONSUMERS (CPI-U), AS DETERMINED BY THE
    4                                U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OR THREE PERCENT.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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