Assembly Bill A5503

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "Long Island power authority ratepayers protection act"

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  • 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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2019-A5503 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2983
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1020-d & 1020-f, Pub Auth L; amd §3-b, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A2621, S1087

2019-A5503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "Long Island power authority ratepayers protection act"; requires a public hearing in each county within the service area before approval of a final rate plan.

2019-A5503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5503
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. THIELE, ENGLEBRIGHT, MONTESANO, RAIA, RA, RAMOS,
   MCDONOUGH, JEAN-PIERRE, PALUMBO --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Energy
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law and the public service law,
   in relation to enacting the "Long Island  power  authority  ratepayers
   protection act"

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act may be  cited  as  the  "Long  Island
 power authority ratepayers protection act".
   §  2.  Section  1020-d  of  the  public authorities law, as amended by
 section 4 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a
 new subdivision 1-a is added to read as follows:
   § 1020-d. Board of trustees. 1. Starting on January first,  two  thou-
 sand  fourteen,  the  board  of  the  authority shall be constituted and
 consist of nine trustees all of whom shall be residents of  the  service
 area,  five  of whom shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom the
 governor shall designate as chair, and serve at his or her pleasure, two
 of whom shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, and
 two of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the  assembly.  One  of
 the  governor's appointees shall serve an initial term of two years; one
 of the governor's appointees shall serve an initial term of three years;
 and three of the governor's appointees shall serve an  initial  term  of
 four  years.  One  of  the  appointees of the temporary president of the
 senate and one of the appointees of the speaker of  the  assembly  shall
 serve  initial  terms  of  two years; and one appointee of the temporary
 president of the senate and one appointee of the speaker of the assembly
 shall serve initial terms of three years. Thereafter, all terms shall be
 for a period of four years. In the event of a vacancy occurring  in  the
 office  of  trustee  by  death, resignation or otherwise, the respective
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 A                                                          LBD07496-03-9
              

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