Bill Text: NY S08877 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8877 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes a home heating oil rebate program for residential home heating oil customers to receive a rebate of one dollar per gallon of grade number two heating oil purchased from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022, of a limit up to five hundred gallons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-26 - REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS [S08877 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08877-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8877

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 26, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEIK  --  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 authorities law, in relation to establishing
          a home heating oil rebate program; and providing  for  the  repeal  of
          such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 1885 to read as follows:
     3    §  1885.  Home  heating oil rebate program. 1. The authority is hereby
     4  authorized to  establish  and  administer  a  home  heating  oil  rebate
     5  program.  The authority shall be responsible for gathering all necessary
     6  residential customer purchase data from all registered home heating  oil
     7  dealers in the state.
     8    2.  The authority shall have the responsibility of distributing rebate
     9  checks to residential home heating oil customers. Such rebate  shall  be
    10  in  the  amount  of one dollar per gallon, up to a limit of five hundred
    11  gallons, of number two heating oil purchased between the dates  of  July
    12  first,  two thousand twenty-one and June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-
    13  two.
    14    3. The authority shall promulgate rules and regulations for the admin-
    15  istration of a home heating oil rebate program established  pursuant  to
    16  this  section, including but not limited to eligibility criteria, appli-
    17  cation procedures, and documentation and compliance requirements for the
    18  program.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire  December
    20  31,  2023 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
    21  repealed.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15451-01-2