Bill Text: NY S06326 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the powers of municipalities and state agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-11 - referred to energy [S06326 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06326-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6326

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 5, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER  -- (at request of the Department of Public
          Service) -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to powers of munici-
          palities and state agencies

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 130 of the public  service
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 362 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state  agency,  munici-
     5  pality  or  any agency thereof may, except as expressly authorized under
     6  this article by the commission, require any approval,  consent,  permit,
     7  certificate  or  other  condition for the construction or operation of a
     8  major facility with respect to which an application  for  a  certificate
     9  hereunder  has  been [issued] filed, other than those provided by other-
    10  wise applicable state law for the protection of employees engaged in the
    11  construction and operation of such facility and those provided by other-
    12  wise applicable state or local law for the administration  and  enforce-
    13  ment  of  the  New York state uniform fire prevention and building code,
    14  and provided that in the case of a municipality or  an  agency  thereof,
    15  such  municipality  has received notice of the filing of the application
    16  therefor.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
    18  petitions filed on or after such date.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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