S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3151
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 22, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, CUSICK -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to utility rates
charged to not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth
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, religious bodies [and],
community residences AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZED SPORTS PROGRAMS FOR
YOUTH. 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, or corporation or association organized and conducted
in good faith for religious purposes, including the operation by such
corporation or association 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 resi-
dents, OR FROM A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZED SPORTS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH, a
rate, regardless of the type of service offered, for any gas or electric
service utilized exclusively in connection with such [veteran] VETERANS'
organization or for such religious purposes or utilized exclusively at
such community residence OR USED BY A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZED SPORTS
PROGRAM FOR YOUTH 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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