S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8545
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
October 30, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. CORWIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Energy
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to increasing the
number of ad hoc members on the New York state board on electric
generation siting and the environment
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 161 of the public service law, as
added by chapter 388 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
2. Upon receipt of a pre-application preliminary scoping statement
under this article, the chair shall promptly notify the governor, the
president pro tem of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chief
executive officers representing the municipality and the county in which
the facility is proposed to be located, and, if such facility is
proposed to be located within the city of New York, the mayor of the
city of New York, as well as the chairperson of the community board and
the borough president representing the area in which the facility is
proposed to be located. [One] TWO ad hoc [member] MEMBERS shall be
appointed by the president pro tem of the senate and [one] TWO ad hoc
[member] MEMBERS shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly from
a list of candidates submitted to them, in the following manner. If such
facility is proposed to be located outside of the city of New York, the
chief executive officer representing the municipality shall nominate
four candidates and the chief executive officer representing the county
shall nominate four candidates for consideration. If such facility is
proposed to be located outside of the city of New York and in a village
located within a town, the chief executive officer representing the town
shall nominate four candidates, the chief executive officer representing
the county shall nominate four candidates, and the chief executive offi-
cer representing the village shall nominate four candidates for consid-
eration. If such facility is proposed to be located in the city of New
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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York, the chairperson of the community board, the borough president, and
the mayor of the city of New York shall each nominate four candidates
for consideration. Nominations shall be submitted to the president pro
tem of the senate and the speaker of the assembly within fifteen days of
receipt of notification of the pre-application preliminary scoping
statement. In the event that the president pro tem of the senate does
not appoint [one] TWO of the candidates within [thirty] SIXTY days of
such nominations, the governor shall appoint the ad hoc [member] MEMBERS
from the list of candidates. In the event that the speaker of the assem-
bly does not appoint [one] TWO of the candidates within [thirty] SIXTY
days of such nominations, the governor shall appoint the ad hoc [member]
MEMBERS from the list of candidates. [In the event that one or both of
the ad hoc public members have not been appointed within forty-five
days, a majority of persons named to the board shall constitute a
quorum] THE BOARD SHALL NOT HAVE A QUORUM WITHOUT THE APPOINTMENT OF ALL
FOUR AD HOC MEMBERS.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.