S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5485
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 12, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHMITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
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 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY,
THE total of such costs and expenses shall be borne by the public utili-
ty 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 TWENTY, 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-ONE, THE AMOUNT OF SUCH ASSESSMENT CALCULATED IN SUBDI-
VISIONS TWO, THREE AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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SEVENTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE ZERO AND ALL COSTS OF THE DEPARTMENT
AND COMMISSION SHALL BE PAID BY THE STATE TREASURY.
1-a. All costs and expenses of the department related to the depart-
ment's responsibilities under section three-b of this [chapter] ARTICLE
shall be paid pursuant to appropriation on the certification of the
chairman of the department and upon the audit and warrant of the comp-
troller. For the state fiscal [year] YEARS beginning on April first, two
thousand fourteen and [each state fiscal year thereafter] BEGINNING
PRIOR TO APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, payments are to be made
from all moneys collected from the Long Island power authority pursuant
to this section. The total of such costs and expenses shall be assessed
on such authority in the manner provided in subdivisions two, three and
four of this section. PROVIDED HOWEVER FOR THE STATE FISCAL YEAR THAT
BEGINS ON APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, SUCH ASSESSMENT SHALL BE IN
AN AMOUNT THAT IS FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT CALCULATED IN SUBDIVISIONS
TWO, THREE AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER FOR STATE FISCAL
YEARS THAT BEGIN ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE
AMOUNT OF SUCH ASSESSMENT CALCULATED IN SUBDIVISIONS TWO, THREE AND FOUR
OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE ZERO AND ALL COSTS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND
COMMISSION SHALL BE PAID BY THE STATE TREASURY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.