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Assembly Bill A8834

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the applicability of certain state laws to the Long Island Power Authority and its service provider in relation to financial transparency and oversight

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2017-A8834 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1020-cc, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A6209

2017-A8834 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the applicability of certain state laws to the Long Island Power Authority and its service provider in relation to financial transparency and oversight.

2017-A8834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8834
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the applica-
   bility of certain state laws to the Long Island  Power  Authority  and
   its  service  provider in relation to financial transparency and over-
   sight

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 1020-cc of the public authorities law, as amended
 by section 11 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of 2013,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   §  1020-cc.  Authority  subject to certain provisions contained in the
 state finance law, the public service law, the social services  law  and
 the  general  municipal  law. 1. All contracts of the authority shall be
 subject to the provisions of the state finance law relating to contracts
 made by the state. The authority shall also establish  rules  and  regu-
 lations  with  respect to providing to its residential gas, electric and
 steam utility customers those rights and protections provided in article
 two and sections one hundred seventeen and one hundred eighteen  of  the
 public  service  law  and section one hundred thirty-one-s of the social
 services law. The  authority  shall  conform  to  any  safety  standards
 regarding  manual lockable disconnect switches for solar electric gener-
 ating equipment established by the public service commission pursuant to
 subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision five and  subparagraph
 (ii)  of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision five-a of section sixty-six-j of
 the  public  service  law.  The  authority  shall  let   contracts   for
 construction  or  purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment pursuant
 to section one hundred three and paragraph (e) of  subdivision  four  of
 section one hundred twenty-w of the general municipal law.
   2. The authority and service provider shall provide to the state comp-
 troller  on  March  thirty-first  and September thirtieth of each year a

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

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