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Jan 04, 2012 | referred to economic development |
Feb 09, 2011 | referred to economic development |
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Peter Rivera
William Colton
Grace Meng
Earlene Hooper
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Thomas Abinanti
Richard Gottfried
A4905 (ACTIVE) - Details
A4905 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4905 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 9, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring at least one commissioner of the public service commission to have expe- rience in utility consumer advocacy THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4 of the public service law, as amended by chapter 155 of the laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows: 1. There shall be in the department of public service a public service commission, which shall possess the powers and duties hereinafter speci- fied, and also all powers necessary or proper to enable it to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commission shall consist of five members, to be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. A commissioner shall be designated as chairman of the commission by the governor to serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the governor or until his term as commissioner expires whichever first occurs. AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE EXPERIENCE IN UTILITY CONSUMER ADVOCACY. No more than three commissioners may be members of the same political party unless, pursuant to action taken under subdivi- sion two, the number of commissioners shall exceed five, and in such event no more than four commissioners may be members of the same poli- tical party. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to appointments made on or after such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05782-01-1