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Senate Bill S7467

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits municipal corporations from adopting local laws, ordinances, regulations, or policies that prohibit certain utility services from being delivered based on the type or source of energy

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2021-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8436
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §99-x, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S1270, A3836
2025-2026: S2573, A653

2021-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the governing board of a municipal corporation from adopting any law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to the customer.

2021-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7467
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. ORTT, AKSHAR, GALLIVAN, MATTERA, OBERACKER, STEC --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting
   municipal corporations from adopting  local  laws,  ordinances,  regu-
   lations, or policies that prohibit certain utility services from being
   delivered based on the type or source of energy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 99-x to read as follows:
   §  99-X. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO UTILITY SERVICE. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF THIS SECTION, "UTILITY SERVICE" SHALL MEAN NATURAL GAS, PROPANE, FUEL
 OIL, OR OTHER FOSSIL FUELS PROVIDED TO A CUSTOMER.
   2. THE GOVERNING BOARD OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL NOT ADOPT  ANY
 LOCAL  LAW,  ORDINANCE,  REGULATION OR POLICY THAT PROHIBITS, OR HAS THE
 EFFECT OF PROHIBITING, THE  CONNECTION  OR  RECONNECTION  OF  A  UTILITY
 SERVICE  TO  A  CUSTOMER  BASED  UPON THE TYPE OR SOURCE OF ENERGY TO BE
 DELIVERED TO SUCH CUSTOMER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13110-01-1

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