Bill Text: NY S07467 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits the governing board of a municipal corporation from adopting any law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to the customer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S07467 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07467-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7467

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    October 25, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. ORTT, AKSHAR, GALLIVAN, MATTERA, OBERACKER, STEC --
          read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
          the Committee on Rules

        AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting
          municipal corporations from adopting  local  laws,  ordinances,  regu-
          lations, or policies that prohibit certain utility services from being
          delivered based on the type or source of energy

          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 99-x to read as follows:
     3    §  99-x. Prohibitions relating to utility service. 1. For the purposes
     4  of this section, "utility service" shall mean natural gas, propane, fuel
     5  oil, or other fossil fuels provided to a customer.
     6    2. The governing board of a municipal corporation shall not adopt  any
     7  local  law,  ordinance,  regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the
     8  effect of prohibiting, the  connection  or  reconnection  of  a  utility
     9  service  to  a  customer  based  upon the type or source of energy to be
    10  delivered to such customer.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13110-01-1
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