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                                  7183--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions --  recommitted
   to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,  Authorities  and Commissions in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to  requiring  water
   works  corporations  and municipal water systems to annually calculate
   and submit to the public service commission their water cost index
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 89-k to read as follows:
   § 89-K. WATER COST INDEX. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  "WATER
 COST  INDEX" MEANS THE ANNUAL COST OF WATER FOR AN AVERAGE SINGLE FAMILY
 HOUSEHOLD SERVED BY A WATER WORKS CORPORATION OR MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM.
 THE WATER COST INDEX SHALL BE CALCULATED USING UNIFORM FACTORS DEVELOPED
 BY THE COMMISSION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, USAGE, FEES, APPLICABLE
 TAXES, METER SIZE AND SEASONAL RATE STRUCTURES.
   2. WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE
 COMMISSION  SHALL  DEVELOP A FORMULA FOR THE CALCULATION OF A WATER COST
 INDEX. SUCH FORMULA SHALL INCLUDE THE UNIFORM FACTORS TO BE USED BY  ANY
 WATER  WORKS  CORPORATION  OR  MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM IN CALCULATING ITS
 WATER COST INDEX. THE COMMISSION  SHALL  PUBLISH  SUCH  FORMULA  ON  ITS
 WEBSITE,  AND SHALL PROVIDE SUCH FORMULA TO EACH WATER WORKS CORPORATION
 AND MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM SERVING ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OR  MORE.  THE
 COMMISSION MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, UPDATE SUCH FORMULA.
   3.  ANNUALLY,  EACH WATER WORKS CORPORATION AND MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM
 SERVING ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS OR MORE SHALL CALCULATE AND SUBMIT TO THE
 COMMISSION ITS WATER COST INDEX. THE WATER COST INDEX SHALL BE SUBMITTED
 TO THE COMMISSION WITHIN SIXTY DAYS SUCCEEDING THE CLOSE OF  ITS  FISCAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD10701-02-8

 A. 7183--A                          2
 
 YEAR. MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS MAY SUBMIT ITS WATER COST INDEX AS PART OF
 THEIR  ANNUAL  REPORT  AS  PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-L OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   4.  ANNUALLY, BY DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, THE COMMISSION SHALL PUBLISH A
 REPORT ON THE WATER COST INDEX OF EACH  APPLICABLE  WATER  WORKS  CORPO-
 RATION  AND  MUNICIPAL  WATER SYSTEM OF THE PRECEDING CALENDAR YEAR. THE
 REPORT SHALL PROVIDE A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DATA AND A COMPARISON
 OF WATER COST INDEXES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING, BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO, COMPARISONS BASED ON REGIONS, TYPE OF PROVIDER, AND SIZE.
   5.  A  COPY  OF THE REPORT SHALL BE POSTED ON THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE
 AND THE COMMISSION SHALL NOTIFY THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF  THE  SENATE,
 THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE SENATE ENERGY AND TELECOM-
 MUNICATIONS  COMMITTEE,  AND  THE  CHAIR  OF  THE ASSEMBLY CORPORATIONS,
 AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS COMMITTEE OF ITS  POSTING  AND  ANY  UPDATES
 MADE THERETO.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.