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                                   5717
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, J. M. GIGLIO, FRIEND, BARCLAY, PALMESANO,
   BYRNE,  DiPIETRO,  BRABENEC,  WALSH,  SALKA,  B. MILLER,  MANKTELOW --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH,  THIELE  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public service law, in relation to reducing the
   amount a utility can be assessed for costs and expenses of the depart-
   ment of public service and the public service commission
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision  2 of section 18-a of the
 public service law, as amended by section 2 of part A of chapter 173  of
 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (g) The total amount which may be charged to any public utility compa-
 ny  and the Long Island power authority under authority of this subdivi-
 sion for any state fiscal year shall not exceed  ONE-THIRD  OF  one  per
 centum  of  such public utility company's or authority's gross operating
 revenues derived from intrastate utility operations in the last  preced-
 ing  calendar  year,  or  other twelve month period as determined by the
 chairman; provided, however, that  no  corporation  or  person  that  is
 subject to the jurisdiction of the commission only with respect to safe-
 ty, or the power authority of the state of New York, shall be subject to
 the general assessment provided for under this subdivision.
   Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, for
 telephone  corporations  as  defined in subdivision seventeen of section
 two of this article, the total amount which may be charged  such  corpo-
 rations  for  department expenses under the authority of subdivision one
 of this section for any state fiscal year shall not exceed one-third  of
 one  percentum  of  such corporation's gross operating revenue, over and
 above five hundred thousand dollars,  derived  from  intrastate  utility
 operations  in  the  last preceding calendar year, or other twelve month
 period as determined by the chairman.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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