Assembly Bill A7028A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to a rate classification for volunteer emergency response organizations

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7028 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3649
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A367, S3053
2017-2018: A7118, S1751

2013-A7028 - Summary

Relates to directing the public service commission to require that gas and electric corporations establish a rate classification for volunteer emergency response organizations which shall not be greater than the rate for veterans' organizations.

2013-A7028 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7028

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Energy

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to  a  rate  classi-
  fication for volunteer emergency response organizations

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative  findings  and  intent.  Volunteer  emergency
response organizations provide a public benefit to the state of New York
and lessen the burdens of government. Further, members of these not-for-
profit  organizations  risk their lives to ensure the safety, health and
general welfare of our citizens. In the past,  the  state  of  New  York
recognized  the  value  of  similar  organizations and the sacrifices of
their members when it established a reduced utility rate  for  veterans'
organizations. Therefore, the legislature hereby finds and declares that
volunteer  emergency  response organizations and veterans' organizations
are similarly situated in their structures, practices and  actions,  and
further  finds and declares that a reduced utility rate is justified for
volunteer emergency response organizations to help ensure their  contin-
ued operation.
  S  2.  Subdivision  14  of  section  66  of the public service law, as
amended by chapter 696 of the laws  of  1936,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  14.  (A)  The  commission  shall have power to require each gas corpo-
ration and electric corporation to establish classifications of  service
based  upon the quantity used, the time when used, the purpose for which
used, the duration of use and upon any other  reasonable  consideration,
and  to  establish in connection therewith just and reasonable graduated
rates and charges; and it shall have power,  either  upon  complaint  or
upon  its  own  motion, to require such changes in such classifications,
rates and charges as it shall  determine  to  be  just  and  reasonable.
Neither  the  scheduled  rates  nor  the  minimum charge for residential

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06184-01-3
              

2013-A7028A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3649
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A367, S3053
2017-2018: A7118, S1751

2013-A7028A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to directing the public service commission to require that gas and electric corporations establish a rate classification for volunteer emergency response organizations which shall not be greater than the rate for veterans' organizations.

2013-A7028A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7028--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Energy -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy in accordance with
  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to  a  rate  classi-
  fication for volunteer emergency response organizations

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative  findings  and  intent.  Volunteer  emergency
response organizations provide a public benefit to the state of New York
and lessen the burdens of government. Further, members of these not-for-
profit  organizations  risk their lives to ensure the safety, health and
general welfare of our citizens. In the past,  the  state  of  New  York
recognized  the  value  of  similar  organizations and the sacrifices of
their members when it established a reduced utility rate  for  veterans'
organizations. Therefore, the legislature hereby finds and declares that
volunteer  emergency  response organizations and veterans' organizations
are similarly situated in their structures, practices and  actions,  and
further  finds and declares that a reduced utility rate is justified for
volunteer emergency response organizations to help ensure their  contin-
ued operation.
  S  2.  Subdivision  14  of  section  66  of the public service law, as
amended by chapter 696 of the laws  of  1936,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  14.  (A)  The  commission  shall have power to require each gas corpo-
ration and electric corporation to establish classifications of  service
based  upon the quantity used, the time when used, the purpose for which
used, the duration of use and upon any other  reasonable  consideration,
and  to  establish in connection therewith just and reasonable graduated
rates and charges; and it shall have power,  either  upon  complaint  or
upon  its  own  motion, to require such changes in such classifications,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06184-03-4
              

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