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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 12, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Energy

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in  relation  to  rates  charged
  volunteer fire companies and volunteer ambulance companies

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

  Section 1. Section 76 of the public service law, as amended by chapter
82 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
  S 76. Rates charged veteran organizations, VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANIES,
VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  COMPANIES,  religious  bodies  and community resi-
dences. No gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality  shall,
directly or indirectly, charge, demand, collect or receive from any post
or hall owned or leased by a not-for-profit corporation that is a veter-
ans'  organization,  VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY
or corporation or association organized and conducted in good faith  for
religious purposes, including the operation by such corporation or asso-
ciation of a school, notwithstanding that secular subjects are taught at
such  school,  or  from  a community residence as defined in subdivision
twenty-eight, twenty-eight-a or twenty-eight-b of section  1.03  of  the
mental  hygiene  law,  provided,  however,  that such residence shall be
operated by a not-for-profit corporation and if supervisory staff is  on
site  on  a  twenty-four hour per day basis, that the residence provides
living accommodations for fourteen or fewer residents, a  rate,  regard-
less  of  the  type  of service offered, for any gas or electric service
utilized exclusively  in  connection  with  such  veteran  organization,
VOLUNTEER  FIRE  COMPANY,  VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY or for such reli-
gious purposes or  utilized  exclusively  at  such  community  residence
greater  than  the  rates  or  charges  charged,  demanded, collected or
received by such gas corporation, electric corporation  or  municipality
from  domestic  consumers receiving single-phase service within the same
village, town or municipality.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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