Senate Bill S2452

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the water board's power to fix, revise, charge and collect, and enforce payment

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions 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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2023-S2452 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1045-g, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4979
2021-2022: S5700

2023-S2452 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the water board's power to fix, revise, charge and collect and enforce the payment of fees, rates, rents and other service charges for the use of, or services furnished, rendered, or made available.

2023-S2452 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2452 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2452
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the New York
   city water board
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 4 of section 1045-g of the public authorities
 law, as amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 2001, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   4.  To  establish,  fix,  revise,  charge  and collect and enforce the
 payment of all fees, rates, rents and other service charges for the  use
 of,  or  services furnished, RENDERED, OR MADE AVAILABLE by the sewerage
 system, water system, or both, as the case may be, OWNED  BY  THE  WATER
 BOARD  PURSUANT  TO THIS TITLE IN SUCH AMOUNT AT LEAST SUFFICIENT AT ALL
 TIMES so as to receive revenues  which,  together  with  other  revenues
 available  to  the  board,  if  any, shall be at least sufficient at all
 times so that such system or systems shall be placed on a  self-sustain-
 ing  basis  in accordance with section one thousand forty-five-j of this
 title; provided, however, that the water board SHALL BASE  SUCH  CHARGES
 UPON  THE  ACTUAL  AMOUNT OF WATER CONSUMED, OR WASTEWATER DISCHARGED TO
 THE SEWER SYSTEM, WITH NO OFFSET; AND PROVIDED FURTHER  THAT  THE  WATER
 BOARD shall not establish a limit of less than [four] SIX years commenc-
 ing  from  the date of the bill for services to challenge any fee, rate,
 rent, or other service charges for the use of or services  furnished  by
 the water and/or sewerage systems; any such challenge shall specifically
 set  forth  the  basis  for  such claim; AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT, WITH
 RESPECT TO NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS, THE CHALLENGE  PERIOD  SHALL  BE
 TEN  YEARS, WHICH SHALL APPLY TO ALL NOT-FOR-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS WHO ARE
 DETERMINED TO HAVE INCURRED SUCH A BILL FOR SERVICES PRIOR TO THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS STATUTE;
   § 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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