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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.
              

                                                            LBD06880-01-1

 A. 4176                             2
 
 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.