Senate Bill S8407

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to certain costs and expenses

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2017-S8407 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §18-a, Pub Serv L

2017-S8407 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the assessment for the state fiscal year that begins on April 1, 2019, and state fiscal years that begin on and after April 1, 2020.

2017-S8407 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8407 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8407
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to certain costs and
   expenses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and  1-a  of  section  18-a  of  the  public
 service law, subdivision 1 as amended by section 2 of part NN of chapter
 59 of the laws of 2009 and subdivision 1-a as added by section 2 of part
 A of chapter 173 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  All  costs  and expenses of the department and commission shall be
 paid pursuant to appropriation on the certification of the  chairman  of
 the  department  and  upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller. The
 state treasury shall be reimbursed therefore  by  payments  to  be  made
 thereto  from  all  moneys collected pursuant to this chapter. [The] FOR
 STATE FISCAL YEARS BEGINNING PRIOR TO APRIL 1, 2019, THE total  of  such
 costs  and  expenses  shall  be  borne  by  the public utility companies
 (including for the purposes of this section  municipalities  other  than
 municipalities  as  defined  in  section eighty-nine-l of this chapter),
 corporations (including the power authority of the state of  New  York),
 and  persons  subject  to the commission's regulation, to be assessed in
 the manner provided in subdivisions two, three and four of this  section
 and section two hundred seventeen of this chapter.  PROVIDED HOWEVER FOR
 THE STATE FISCAL YEAR THAT BEGINS ON APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN,
 SUCH  ASSESSMENT  SHALL  BE  IN  AN  AMOUNT THAT IS FIFTY PERCENT OF THE
 AMOUNT CALCULATED IN SUBDIVISIONS TWO, THREE AND FOUR  OF  THIS  SECTION
 AND  SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER. PROVIDED FURTHER FOR
 STATE FISCAL YEARS THAT BEGIN ON AND AFTER  APRIL  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY,  THE  AMOUNT  OF SUCH ASSESSMENT CALCULATED IN SUBDIVISIONS TWO,
 THREE AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THIS
 CHAPTER SHALL BE ZERO AND ALL COSTS OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  AND  COMMISSION
 SHALL BE PAID BY THE STATE TREASURY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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