Senate Bill S5518

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Makes all costs and expenses of the department of public service and public service commission subject to appropriation by the legislature; repealer

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Current 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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2025-S5518 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2470
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §18-a subs 1-a - 5, amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8577, A9280

2025-S5518 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes all costs and expenses of the department of public service and public service commission subject to appropriation by the legislature on the certification of the chair of the department and upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller.

2025-S5518 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5518 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5518
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- 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 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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