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Assembly Bill A7409

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for the public election of trustees of the Long Island power authority; repealer

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2011-A7409 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add ยง1020-d, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4205
2013-2014: A7445

2011-A7409 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for seventeen trustees of the Long island power authority: sixteen trustees to be elected and one trustee to be appointed by the governor to serve as chair of the authority.

2011-A7409 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7409

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 4, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. THIELE, BOYLE, McDONOUGH, RAIA -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the board  of
  trustees  of  the  Long  Island  power authority and repealing certain
  provisions of such law relating thereto

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

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature finds and declares
that:
  1. the Long Island power authority was established because the  legis-
lature  believed  that matters of state concern would best be dealt with
by replacing such investor owned utility with  a  publicly  owned  power
authority;
  2. a public power authority is best governed by representatives of the
public it was established to serve;
  3.  a democratic principle of energy production must seek to ensure an
equitable responsibility for the production of power among the constitu-
ents served;
  4. in the future Long Island should seek  to  reformulate  its  energy
distribution  methods  so that the various townships will take responsi-
bility for producing the power necessary to match growth;
  5. the public election of trustees to the power authority  will  serve
to better represent local interests and issues;
  6.  as  a  matter  of  public policy, relinquishing local control over
power production does not allow siting and technology  decisions  to  be
made by the most impacted population. Therefore, through the election of
local  trustees,  the  communities can work to accept the responsibility
for the energy  production  decisions  necessary  to  accommodate  their
needs; and
  7.  the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) was created by the state to
be the retail supplier of electricity and  is  charged  with  developing

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10954-01-1

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