Senate Bill S6262

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  6262

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 6, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
  cations

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
York, the chairperson of the community board, the borough president, and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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.