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                                 350--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions --  recommitted
  to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,  Authorities  and Commissions in
  accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  providing
  electrical  power to Broadway and off-Broadway theaters; and providing
  for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  1005 of the public authorities law is amended by
adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW,  THE  AUTHORITY  IS
AUTHORIZED  TO  ENTER  INTO  CONTRACTS PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN, WHICH CONTRACTS MAY EXPIRE NOT LATER THAN JUNE THIRTIETH,  TWO
THOUSAND  NINETEEN, TO PROVIDE LOW-COST ELECTRIC POWER TO BROADWAY, OFF-
BROADWAY, OR OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATERS. FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE  AUTHORITY
IS  AUTHORIZED  TO PROVIDE ANY POWER AVAILABLE FROM ANY SOURCE AND UNDER
ANY PROGRAM, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY  NEW  TECHNOLOGY  DEMON-
STRATION  PROJECT OR THE POWER FOR JOBS PROGRAM; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
IN CONSIDERING ANY ALLOCATION UNDER  THE  POWER  FOR  JOBS  PROGRAM,  NO
CUSTOMER SHALL BE DENIED SUCH ALLOCATION ON THE BASIS THAT SUCH CUSTOMER
IS  UNABLE TO MAKE COMMITMENTS AS TO THE NUMBER OF JOBS TO BE CREATED OR
MAINTAINED BY SUCH ALLOCATION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  PARAGRAPH:  (A)
THE  TERM "BROADWAY THEATER", "OFF-BROADWAY THEATER", OR "OFF-OFF-BROAD-
WAY THEATER" SHALL MEAN A BUILDING OR PART OF A  BUILDING  WITH  ONE  OR
MORE  PERFORMANCE  AREAS AND ONE OR MORE AUDIENCE SEATING AREAS AND USED
FOR THE PRESENTATION OF DRAMATIC OR  MUSICAL  THEATER  PERFORMANCES  AND
COMMONLY REFERRED TO EITHER AS A "BROADWAY THEATER", "OFF-BROADWAY THEA-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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TER",  OR  "OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATER"; AND (B) THE TERM "CUSTOMER" SHALL
MEAN THE PERSON BILLED BY THE  ELECTRICAL  UTILITY  FOR  ELECTRIC  POWER
CONSUMED IN CONNECTION WITH A DRAMATIC OR MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCE IN
A BROADWAY THEATER, OFF-BROADWAY THEATER, OR OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATER.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed twenty-four months after it shall  have  become  a  law;
provided, however, that any contract entered into under the authority of
this  act may continue twenty-four months after this act shall be deemed
repealed.