Assembly Bill A4549

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires ad hoc members to be appointed in order to constitute a quorum

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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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2021-A4549 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7593
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §161, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8311, S6338
2023-2024: A2352, S3059

2021-A4549 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires ad hoc members to be appointed in order to constitute a quorum on the board of electric generating facilities; includes ad hoc members as part of the board.

2021-A4549 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4549
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. MORINELLO, BYRNES, PALMESANO, HAWLEY, MANKTELOW
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. NORRIS -- read once and referred  to
   the Committee on Energy
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public service law, in relation to the need of ad
   hoc members to be appointed to constitute a quorum  on  the  board  of
   electric generating facilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 161 of the  public  service
 law, as added by chapter 388 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1.  The board[, exclusive of the ad hoc members,] shall have the power
 to adopt the rules and regulations relating to the procedures to be used
 in certifying facilities under the provisions of this article, including
 the suspension or revocation thereof, and shall further have  the  power
 to seek delegation from the federal government pursuant to federal regu-
 latory  programs  applicable to the siting of major electric facilities.
 The chairperson, after consultation with the other members of the  board
 [exclusive  of the ad hoc members], shall have exclusive jurisdiction to
 issue declaratory rulings regarding the applicability of, or  any  other
 question under, this article and rules and regulations adopted hereunder
 and  to  grant  requests for extensions or amendments to or transfers of
 certificate terms and conditions, provided that no party to the proceed-
 ing opposes such request for extensions or amendments within thirty days
 of the filing of such request. Regulations  adopted  by  the  board  may
 provide  for  renewal  applications  for pollutant control permits to be
 submitted to and acted upon by the department of environmental conserva-
 tion following commercial operation of a certified facility.  The  board
 shall  not  accept  any pre-application preliminary scoping statement or
 application for a certificate, or exercise any powers or functions until
 the department of environmental conservation has promulgated  rules  and

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

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