Senate Bill S1089A

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 1089--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and  Tele-
  communications  -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecom-
  munications 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 authorities law, in relation to providing
  electrical power to Broadway and off-Broadway theaters; and  providing
  for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

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

  Section 1. Section 1005 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISION OF LAW, THE AUTHORITY IS
AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS PRIOR TO  JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN,  WHICH CONTRACTS MAY EXPIRE NOT LATER THAN JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN, TO PROVIDE LOW-COST ELECTRIC POWER TO BROADWAY,  OFF-
BROADWAY,  OR OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATERS. FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE AUTHORITY
IS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE ANY POWER AVAILABLE FROM ANY SOURCE  AND  UNDER
ANY  PROGRAM,  INCLUDING,  WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY DEMON-
STRATION PROJECT OR THE POWER FOR JOBS PROGRAM; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT
IN  CONSIDERING  ANY  ALLOCATION  UNDER  THE  POWER FOR JOBS PROGRAM, NO
CUSTOMER SHALL BE DENIED SUCH ALLOCATION ON THE BASIS THAT SUCH CUSTOMER
IS UNABLE TO MAKE COMMITMENTS AS TO THE NUMBER OF JOBS TO BE CREATED  OR
MAINTAINED  BY  SUCH ALLOCATION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH: (A)
THE TERM "BROADWAY THEATER", "OFF-BROADWAY THEATER", OR  "OFF-OFF-BROAD-
WAY  THEATER"  SHALL  MEAN  A BUILDING OR PART OF A BUILDING WITH ONE OR
MORE PERFORMANCE AREAS AND ONE OR MORE AUDIENCE SEATING AREAS  AND  USED
FOR  THE  PRESENTATION  OF  DRAMATIC OR MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCES AND
COMMONLY REFERRED TO EITHER AS A "BROADWAY THEATER", "OFF-BROADWAY THEA-
TER", OR "OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATER"; AND (B) THE TERM  "CUSTOMER"  SHALL

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04002-02-6
              

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MEAN  THE  PERSON  BILLED  BY  THE ELECTRICAL UTILITY FOR ELECTRIC POWER
CONSUMED IN CONNECTION WITH A DRAMATIC OR MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCE IN
A BROADWAY THEATER, OFF-BROADWAY THEATER, OR OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATER.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed twenty-four months after it shall  have  become  a  law;
provided, however, that any contract entered into under the authority of
this  act may continue twenty-four months after this act shall be deemed
repealed.