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Assembly Bill A11297

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the New York state comptroller and the New York Public Service Commission to conduct a feasibility study on supplying public water to all of New York American Water customers

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2017-A11297 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Comptroller
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8015
2021-2022: A3656

2017-A11297 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the New York state comptroller and New York Public Service Commission to conduct a feasibility study on supplying public water to all of New York American Water customers; provides for a report to be issued within one year of the effective date of this act.

2017-A11297 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11297
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 25, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Pellegrino)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT in relation to directing the New York state comptroller  and  the
   New  York  Public Service Commission to conduct a feasibility study on
   supplying public water to all of New York American Water customers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. a. The New York state comptroller, in conjunction with the
 New York Public Service Commission, shall conduct  a  feasibility  study
 and prepare a report on supplying public water service to New York Amer-
 ican Water customers. Such study shall explore the overall costs of such
 public water service, and establish a cost-effective and efficient meth-
 od  of providing such public water service. Such study shall also estab-
 lish  whether  converting  to  public  water  service  would  result  in
 decreased  cost  and  increased quality of water service for current New
 York American Water customers.
   b. Within one year of the effective date of this  act,  the  New  York
 state comptroller and the New York Public Service Commission shall issue
 a  report  of the findings of the feasibility study to the governor, the
 temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16401-01-8

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