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                       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.  HAWLEY,  CORWIN,  KOLB, MALLIOTAKIS, GIGLIO,
  CROUCH, FRIEND, BARCLAY, PALMESANO, STEC -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.
  of  A.  DUPREY,  LOPEZ,  MAGEE,  McDONOUGH,  OAKS,  SALADINO, TEDISCO,
  TENNEY, THIELE, WALTER -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
  Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public service law, in relation to reducing the
  amount a utility can be assessed and to repeal certain  provisions  of
  such  law  relating  to  a  temporary state energy and utility service
  conservation assessment

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law is
REPEALED.
  S 2. 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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 3. This act shall take effect immediately.