| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2014 |
print number 3029a |
| Jan 22, 2014 |
amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications |
| Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
| Jan 28, 2013 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Senate Bill S3029A
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2013-S3029 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Energy And Telecommunications
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S5736
2015-2016: S4224
2013-S3029 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3029
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to
reducing the amount a utility can be assessed
PURPOSE: The purpose of this legislation is to allow the 18-A utility
assessment to revert back to the original one third of one percent
when the two percent surcharge sunsets in 2014.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 18-a of the
public service law reducing the base assessment from one percent to
one third of one percent.
EXISTING LAW: Presently, the base assessment is one percent and the
surcharge is two percent minus the amount of the base assessment;
effectively a two percent total. The two percent surcharge is
scheduled to sunset on March 31, 2014 at which time the 18-A
assessment will be one percent.
JUSTIFICATION: In 2009, the 18-A assessment was raised from one third
of one percent to two percent, six times the prior rate. This increase
of nearly $600 million is not used for the purpose of funding the
public service commission but rather is swept into the General Fund.
This surcharge was enacted for five years at which time the two
2013-S3029 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3029
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 28, 2013
___________
Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
nications
AN ACT 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 (g) of subdivision 2 of section 18-a of the
public service law, as amended by section 2 of part NN of chapter 59 of
the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
(g) The total amount which may be charged to any public utility compa-
ny under authority of this subdivision for any state fiscal year shall
not exceed ONE-THIRD OF one per centum of such public utility company's
gross operating revenues derived from intrastate utility operations in
the last preceding calendar year, or other twelve month period as deter-
mined by the chairman; provided, however, that no corporation or person
that is subject to the jurisdiction of the commission only with respect
to safety, or the power authority of the state of New York, shall be
subject to the general assessment provided for under this subdivision.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05246-01-3
2013-S3029A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Energy And Telecommunications
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S5736
2015-2016: S4224
2013-S3029A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3029A
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to
reducing the amount a utility can be assessed
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this legislation is to allow the 18-A utility
assessment to revert back to the original one third of one percent
when the two percent surcharge sunsets in 2014.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section 18-a of the
Public Service Law reducing the base assessment from one percent to
one third of one percent.
EXISTING LAW:
Presently, the base assessment is one percent and the surcharge is two
percent minus the amount of the base assessment; effectively a two
percent total. The two percent surcharge is scheduled to sunset on
March 31, 2014 at which time the 18-A assessment will be one percent.
JUSTIFICATION:
2013-S3029A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
3029--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 28, 2013
___________
Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
nications -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecommuni-
cations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT 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 (g) of subdivision 2 of section 18-a of the
public service law, as amended by section 2 of part A of chapter 173 of
the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(g) The total amount which may be charged to any public utility compa-
ny and the Long Island power authority under authority of this subdivi-
sion for any state fiscal year shall not exceed ONE-THIRD OF one per
centum of such public utility company's or authority's gross operating
revenues derived from intrastate utility operations in the last preced-
ing calendar year, or other twelve month period as determined by the
chairman; provided, however, that no corporation or person that is
subject to the jurisdiction of the commission only with respect to safe-
ty, or the power authority of the state of New York, shall be subject to
the general assessment provided for under this subdivision.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, for
telephone corporations as defined in subdivision seventeen of section
two of this article, the total amount which may be charged such corpo-
rations for department expenses under the authority of subdivision one
of this section for any state fiscal year shall not exceed one-third of
one percentum of such corporation's gross operating revenue, over and
above five hundred thousand dollars, derived from intrastate utility
operations in the last preceding calendar year, or other twelve month
period as determined by the chairman.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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