S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2470
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 17, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to making all costs
and expenses of the department of public service and public service
commission subject to appropriation by the legislature; and to repeal
certain provisions of section 18-a of the public service law, in
relation thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 18-a of
the public service law, as amended by section 2 of part NN of chapter 59
of the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
Costs and expenses of the commission and department [and the assess-
ment of such costs and expenses. 1]. All costs and expenses of the
department and commission shall be paid pursuant to appropriation BY THE
LEGISLATURE on the certification of the [chairman] CHAIR of the depart-
ment and upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller. [The state trea-
sury shall be reimbursed therefore by payments to be made thereto from
all moneys collected pursuant to this chapter. The total of such costs
and expenses shall be borne by the public utility companies (including
for the purposes of this section municipalities other than munici-
palities as defined in section eighty-nine-l of this chapter), corpo-
rations (including the power authority of the state of New York), and
persons subject to the commission's regulation, to be assessed in the
manner provided in subdivisions two, three and four of this section and
section two hundred seventeen of this chapter.]
§ 2. Subdivisions 1-a, 2, 3, 4, 4-a, 4-b and 5 of section 18-a of the
public service law are REPEALED.
§ 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06172-01-5
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