Senate Bill S5442A

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the minimum requirements for a quorum

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6826 - Vetoed by Governor

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

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2017-S5442 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6826
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Pub Serv L

2017-S5442 - Summary

Relates to the minimum requirements for a quorum; there shall be no less than a majority of the total number of members of the commission in order to transact any business, perform any duty or exercise any power.

2017-S5442 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5442 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5442
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 29, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
   nications
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service  law,  in  relation  to  the  minimum
   requirements for a quorum
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 11 of the public service law, as amended by chapter
 371 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 11. Quorum; powers of a  commissioner.    A  majority  of  the  duly
 appointed  commissioners  shall  constitute a quorum and not less than a
 majority of such commissioners concurring  may  transact  any  business,
 perform  any  duty  or  exercise  any power of the commission, PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, A QUORUM SHALL NOT BE CONSTITUTED BY LESS  THAN  THREE  OF  THE
 DULY  APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS.   The commission may hold meetings of the
 commission at any time or place within  the  state.  Any  investigation,
 inquiry  or  hearing  which  the commission has power to undertake or to
 hold may be undertaken or held by or before any commissioner  or  before
 any specially authorized officer or employee of the commission, provided
 that  at  least  one commissioner shall hold at least one public hearing
 without delegation of authority  to  any  specially  authorized  hearing
 officer  or employee when such hearings are mandated by applications for
 rate increases. All investigations, inquiries, hearings and decisions of
 a commissioner or specially authorized officer or employee shall be  and
 be deemed to be the investigations, inquiries, hearings and decisions of
 the commission and every order made by a commissioner, when approved and
 confirmed  by  the  commission and ordered filed in its office, shall be
 and be deemed to be the order of the commission.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10314-01-7

2017-S5442A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6826
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Pub Serv L

2017-S5442A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the minimum requirements for a quorum; there shall be no less than a majority of the total number of members of the commission in order to transact any business, perform any duty or exercise any power.

2017-S5442A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5442A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5442--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 29, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu-
   nications -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  service law, in relation to the minimum
   requirements for a quorum
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 11 of the public service law, as amended by chapter
 371 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 11. Quorum;  powers  of  a  commissioner.    A majority of the [duly
 appointed commissioners] TOTAL NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE  COMMISSION,  AS
 SUCH  MEMBERSHIP  IS  REQUIRED  PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE
 shall constitute a quorum and not less than a majority of such  [commis-
 sioners]  TOTAL  NUMBER OF MEMBERS concurring may transact any business,
 perform any duty or exercise any power of the commission.   The  commis-
 sion may hold meetings of the commission at any time or place within the
 state.  Any  investigation,  inquiry or hearing which the commission has
 power to undertake or to hold may be undertaken or held by or before any
 commissioner or before any specially authorized officer or  employee  of
 the  commission,  provided  that at least one commissioner shall hold at
 least one public hearing without delegation of authority to any special-
 ly authorized  hearing  officer  or  employee  when  such  hearings  are
 mandated   by  applications  for  rate  increases.  All  investigations,
 inquiries, hearings and decisions of a commissioner or specially author-
 ized officer or employee shall be and  be  deemed  to  be  the  investi-
 gations,  inquiries,  hearings and decisions of the commission and every
 order made by a commissioner, when approved and confirmed by the commis-
 sion and ordered filed in its office, shall be and be deemed to  be  the
 order of the commission.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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