S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4176
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 1, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHMITT, BYRNES, ASHBY, PALMESANO, McDONOUGH,
DeSTEFANO, GOODELL, MONTESANO, M. MILLER, MANKTELOW -- read once and
referred to the Committee 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-
TWO, THE total of such costs and expenses shall be borne by the public
utility companies (including for the purposes of this section munici-
palities 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-TWO, 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-THREE, THE AMOUNT OF SUCH ASSESSMENT CALCU-
LATED IN SUBDIVISIONS TWO, THREE AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION AND SECTION
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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TWO HUNDRED 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-THREE, 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-TWO, SUCH ASSESSMENT SHALL BE
IN AN AMOUNT THAT IS FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT CALCULATED IN SUBDIVI-
SIONS TWO, THREE AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION. PROVIDED FURTHER FOR STATE
FISCAL YEARS THAT BEGIN ON AND AFTER APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
THREE, 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.