Bill Text: NY S06774 | 2019-2020 | 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) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S06774 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06774-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6774

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 11, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  ORTT, GALLIVAN -- 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 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
    24  facility is proposed to be located in the city of New York,  the  chair-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13658-04-9

        S. 6774                             2

     1  person  of  the community board, the borough president, and the mayor of
     2  the city of New York shall each nominate four candidates  for  consider-
     3  ation.  Nominations  shall  be submitted to the president pro tem of the
     4  senate and the speaker of the assembly within fifteen days of receipt of
     5  notification  of  the  pre-application preliminary scoping statement. In
     6  the event that the president pro tem of the senate does not appoint  one
     7  of  the  candidates within thirty days of such nominations, the governor
     8  shall appoint the ad hoc member  from  the  list  of  candidates  within
     9  forty-five days.  In the event that the speaker of the assembly does not
    10  appoint  one  of  the candidates within thirty days of such nominations,
    11  the governor shall appoint the ad hoc member from the list of candidates
    12  within forty-five days.  [In the event that one or both of  the  ad  hoc
    13  public members have not been appointed within forty-five days, a majori-
    14  ty of persons named to the board shall constitute a quorum.]
    15    (b)  In the event that one or both of the ad hoc members have not been
    16  appointed, pursuant to paragraph (a)  of  this  subdivision,  the  chair
    17  shall, within thirty days, notify all parties required to be notified of
    18  the  pre-application  preliminary scoping statement of the status of the
    19  candidates submitted. The state senator or senators and  state  assembly
    20  member  or  members  who  represent  the  districts wherein the proposed
    21  project is planned shall also be notified of the status  of  the  candi-
    22  dates submitted.
    23    (c)  If  one  or  both  of  the ad hoc members have not been appointed
    24  pursuant to  paragraph (a) of this subdivision, then the  state  senator
    25  or  senators  and  state  assembly  member  or members who represent the
    26  districts wherein the proposed project is planned shall be authorized to
    27  appoint ad hoc members from the lists of  candidates  submitted  in  the
    28  same  manner  as  the president pro tem of the senate and the speaker of
    29  the assembly.
    30    (d) Upon the appointment of all ad hoc members, a majority of  persons
    31  named to the board shall constitute a quorum.
    32    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
    33  current and future ad hoc member openings on the New York state board on
    34  electric generation siting and the environment.
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