Assembly Bill A4994

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the public service commission to provide notice and opportunity to comment to local community boards in N.Y. city before sale of land by utility

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4994 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2477
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง107, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5436
2011-2012: A4910, S2525
2013-2014: A2131, S603
2017-2018: A4090, S3162
2019-2020: S2151
2021-2022: S1246
2023-2024: S175
2025-2026: S7226

2015-A4994 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the public service commission to provide notice, in a city having a population of one million or more, to the appropriate local community board prior to such commission's consideration of granting permission to a gas corporation or electric corporation furnishing utility service to acquire or sell land; establishes that such community boards shall also be provided with the opportunity to submit comments and recommendations on the proposed sale or acquisition; directs the public service commission to address and respond to such comments and recommendations.

2015-A4994 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4994

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  GOTTFRIED  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations,
  Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in  relation  to  requiring  the
  public  service  commission to provide the appropriate local community
  board in a city with a population of one million or more  with  notice
  of and opportunity to comment and make recommendations on any proposed
  sale  or acquisition of real property by a gas corporation or electric
  corporation furnishing utility service

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

  Section  1. Section 107 of the public service law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED SALE OR ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY BY
ANY GAS CORPORATION OR ELECTRIC CORPORATION FURNISHING  UTILITY  SERVICE
IN  A  CITY  HAVING  A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE COMMISSION
SHALL PROVIDE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY BOARD HAVING  JURISDICTION  OVER  SUCH
REAL  PROPERTY  WITH  NOTICE  OF SUCH PROPOSED TRANSACTION, BY CERTIFIED
MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, WITHIN TEN DAYS OF RECEIVING AN APPLICA-
TION FOR APPROVAL OF THE TRANSACTION. WITHIN THIRTY  DAYS  OF  RECEIVING
SUCH  NOTICE,  A  LOCAL  COMMUNITY  BOARD SHALL SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSION
WRITTEN COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON SUCH PROPOSED  TRANSACTION.  THE
COMMISSION SHALL ADDRESS AND RESPOND TO ALL COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
SUBMITTED  BY  A LOCAL COMMUNITY BOARD PRIOR TO MAKING ITS DETERMINATION
OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PUBLIC UTILITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07126-01-5

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