Assembly Bill A4721

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires public utility companies to charge volunteer ambulance corps and volunteer fire companies the same rates and charges applicable to residential customers

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

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2009-A4721 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3470
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §116-a, amd §66, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3561, S5520
2013-2014: S1947
2015-2016: S2534
2017-2018: S1437

2009-A4721 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public utility companies to charge volunteer fire companies and volunteer ambulance corps the same rates, charges, etc. applicable to residential customers for the same services; prohibits recovery of revenue lost therefrom, from being recovered from ratepayers.

2009-A4721 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4721

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORELLE, SWEENEY, GUNTHER, MAGEE, PHEFFER --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. QUINN -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to charges  on  fees
  on  volunteer  ambulance corps and volunteer fire companies in certain
  cases

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

  Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
116-a to read as follows:
  S 116-A. CERTAIN VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS TO BE TREATED  AS  INDIVIDUAL
CUSTOMER; CERTAIN CASES.  NO PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY SHALL CHARGE, IMPOSE
OR  COLLECT FROM ANY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS OR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
ANY RATE, FEE OR CHARGE NOT OTHERWISE CHARGEABLE TO AN INDIVIDUAL  RESI-
DENTIAL CUSTOMER FOR THE SAME OR SIMILAR SERVICE.
  S  2.  Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 29 to read as follows:
  29. NO REVENUE FOREGONE BY AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION,  AS  A  RESULT  OF
SUBJECTING  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE CORPS AND VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES WITH
RATES OR CHARGES APPLICABLE TO DOMESTIC CONSUMERS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE RECOVERED FROM CUSTOMERS
OF SUCH CORPORATION.
  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08434-01-9

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