S2491-2013 Actions

• Jan 17, 2013: REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

S2491-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2491

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public service law, in relation to
utility rates charged to not-for-profit organized sports programs for
youth

PURPOSE:  Requires utilities to charge not-for-profit organized sports
programs for youth residential rates.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Section 76 of the public service law, as amended by chapter
82 of the laws of 1998, is amended by including not-for-profit
organized sports programs for youth. Section 2. This act shall take
effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become law.

JUSTIFICATION Currently, not-for-profit organized sports programs for
youth are charged a "commercial" utility rate which is-applied to
"for-profit" entities. Since organized sports programs for youth are
"not-for-profit" entities, they should be afforded the same rate
treatment as religious organizations, community residences, and
domestic consumers which enjoy residential utility rates.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2012: S.4441 - Referred to Energy and
Telecommunications.  2011: S.4441- Referred to Energy and
Telecommunications.  2010: S.620- Referred to Energy/A.5966 - Referred
to Energy.  2009: S.620- Referred to Energy/A.5966 - Referred to
Energy.  2008: S.6745- Passed Senate/A.9879 - Referred to Energy.
2006: A.5896- Referred to Energy.  2005: A.5896- Referred to Energy.
2004: A.3970- Referred to Energy.  2003: A.3970- Referred to Energy.
2002: A.4795- Referred to Energy.  2001: A.4795- Referred to Energy.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after
it shall have become law.

S2491-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         2491
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 17, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 utility rates
 charged to not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.

Section 76 of the public service law, as amended by chapter
 82 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:

 

S  76.  Rates  charged  veteran organizations, religious bodies [and],
 community residences AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZED  SPORTS  PROGRAMS  FOR
 YOUTH.   No gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality shall,
 directly or indirectly, charge, demand, collect or receive from any post
 or hall owned or leased by a not-for-profit corporation that is a veter
 ans' organization, or corporation or association organized and conducted
 in good faith for religious purposes, including the  operation  by  such
 corporation  or  association  of  a school, notwithstanding that secular
 subjects are taught at such school, or from  a  community  residence  as
 defined in subdivision twenty-eight, twenty-eight-a or twenty-eight-b of
 section  1.03  of  the  mental hygiene law, provided, however, that such
 residence shall be operated  by  a  not-for-profit  corporation  and  if
 supervisory  staff  is on site on a twenty-four hour per day basis, that
 the residence provides living accommodations for fourteen or fewer resi
 dents, OR FROM A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZED SPORTS PROGRAM  FOR  YOUTH,  a
 rate, regardless of the type of service offered, for any gas or electric
 service utilized exclusively in connection with such [veteran] VETERANS'
 organization  or  for such religious purposes or utilized exclusively at
 such community residence OR USED BY A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZED  SPORTS
 PROGRAM  FOR  YOUTH greater than the rates or charges charged, demanded,
 collected or received by such gas corporation, electric  corporation  or
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03996-01-3
 
       S. 2491                             2
 municipality  from  domestic  consumers  receiving  single-phase service
 within the same village, town or municipality.
 

S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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