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Assembly Bill A2291

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires public utility authorities to obtain legislative approval before raising rates or fees, or imposing new rates or fees

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2025-A2291 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1974
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2859, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8248
2023-2024: A2761, S4895

2025-A2291 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public utility authorities to obtain legislative approval before raising rates or fees, or imposing new rates or fees.

2025-A2291 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2291
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GANDOLFO, SMULLEN, DeSTEFANO, DURSO, McDONOUGH,
   BRABENEC, SMITH, GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
   Energy
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
   public utility authorities to obtain legislative approval before rais-
   ing rates or fees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new
 section 2859 to read as follows:
   § 2859. RATES AND FEES; PUBLIC UTILITY AUTHORITIES.  NO PUBLIC UTILITY
 AUTHORITY OPERATING UNDER ARTICLE FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL  RAISE  ANY
 RATES OR FEES, OR IMPOSE ANY NEW RATES OR FEES, FOR THE USE OF UTILITIES
 PROVIDED  BY  SUCH  PUBLIC  UTILITY  AUTHORITY,  WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING
 APPROVAL FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01523-01-5

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