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Senate Bill S1704
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(R) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2013-S1704 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Energy And Telecommunications
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §18-a, Pub Serv L; amd Part NN §6, Chap 59 of 2009
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S7662
2013-S1704 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1704 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to a temporary annual assessment; to amend part NN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009 amending the public service law relating to financing operations of the department of public service, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to amend the public service law, in relation to reducing the amount a utility can be assessed PURPOSE: To eliminate the temporary 18-A increase one year early and restore the base assessment back to one-third of one percent. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: ELIMINATE THE 500 PERCENT ENERGY TAX HIKE: In 2009 this tax was increased from one-third of one percent to two percent, a 500 percent increase. The phase-out of this tax hike from two percent back to the base tax would be accelerated the by one year, from 2014 to 2013. This bill will also reduce the permanent increase in the base tax from
2013-S1704 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1704 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, GALLIVAN, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to a temporary annu- al assessment; to amend part NN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009 amending the public service law relating to financing operations of the department of public service, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to amend the public service law, in relation to reducing the amount a utility can be assessed THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law, as added by section 4 of part NN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and subject to the exceptions provided for in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, for the state fiscal year beginning on April first, two thousand nine and [four] THREE state fiscal years thereafter, a temporary annual assess- ment (hereinafter "temporary state energy and utility service conserva- tion assessment") is hereby imposed on public utility companies (includ- ing for the purposes of this subdivision municipalities other than municipalities as defined in section eighty-nine-l of this chapter), corporations (including for purposes of this subdivision the Long Island power authority), and persons subject to the commission's regulation (hereinafter such public utility companies, corporations, and persons are referred to collectively as the "utility entities") to encourage the conservation of energy and other resources provided through utility entities, to be assessed in the manner provided in this subdivision; provided, however, that such assessment shall not be imposed upon tele- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04811-01-3
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