Senate Bill S3698

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to civil penalties on certain public utility companies, corporations or persons and the officers, agents and employees thereof

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee


  • 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-S3698 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2469
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§25 & 25-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9081, A10995
2023-2024: S1662, A1741

2021-S3698 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases civil penalties on certain combination gas and electric corporations that fail to comply with the public service law.

2021-S3698 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3698 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3698
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on  Energy  and  Telecommuni-
   cations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to civil penalties
   on certain public utility companies, corporations or persons  and  the
   officers, agents and employees thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2, paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 and paragraph
 (a) of subdivision 4 of section 25 the public service law, as amended by
 chapter 375 of the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows:
   2. Any public utility company, corporation or person and the officers,
 agents and employees thereof that knowingly fails or neglects to obey or
 comply with a provision of  this  chapter  or  an  order  adopted  under
 authority  of  this chapter so long as the same shall be in force, shall
 forfeit to the people of the state of New York a sum not exceeding  [one
 hundred  thousand]  TWO MILLION dollars constituting a civil penalty for
 each and every offense and, in the case of a continuing violation,  each
 day shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
   (a) [two hundred and fifty thousand] FIVE MILLION dollars constituting
 a civil penalty for each separate and distinct offense; provided, howev-
 er,  that  for  purposes  of  this  paragraph  each  day of a continuing
 violation shall not be deemed a separate and distinct offense. The total
 period of a continuing violation, as well as every  distinct  violation,
 shall  be  similarly  treated  as  a  separate  and distinct offense for
 purposes of this paragraph; or
   (a) [five hundred thousand] TEN MILLION dollars constituting  a  civil
 penalty  for each separate and distinct offense; provided, however, that
 for purposes of this paragraph each day of a continuing violation  shall
 not  be  deemed  a  separate and distinct offense. The total period of a
 continuing violation, as well as  every  distinct  violation,  shall  be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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