Senate Bill S4411

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting religious organizations from the temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment fee

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  • 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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2015-S4411 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3944
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5138
2013-2014: A4131
2017-2018: A5606

2015-S4411 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts revenues derived from religious organizations from the temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment fee.

2015-S4411 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4411 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4411

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 19, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 exempting reli-
  gious organizations  from  the  temporary  state  energy  and  utility
  service conservation assessment fee

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  6  of  section  18-a  of  the
public  service  law, as amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 57 of
the laws of 2014, is amended and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as
follows:
  (b) The  temporary  state  energy  and  utility  service  conservation
assessment  shall  be based upon the following [percentum] PER CENTUM of
the utility entity's gross operating revenues  derived  from  intrastate
utility  operations  in  the  last  preceding  calendar  year, minus the
amount, if any, that such utility entity is assessed pursuant to  subdi-
visions  one  and two of this section for the corresponding state fiscal
year period:  (1) two [percentum] PER CENTUM for the state  fiscal  year
beginning  April  first, two thousand thirteen; (2) 1.63 [percentum] PER
CENTUM for the state fiscal year beginning  April  first,  two  thousand
fourteen;  (3)  1.00  [percentum]  PER  CENTUM for the state fiscal year
beginning April first, two thousand fifteen; and (4) .73 [percentum] PER
CENTUM for the state fiscal year beginning  April  first,  two  thousand
sixteen.  With respect to the temporary state energy and utility service
conservation assessment to be paid for the state fiscal  year  beginning
April  first,  two  thousand seventeen and notwithstanding clause (i) of
paragraph (d) of this subdivision, on or before March tenth,  two  thou-
sand  seventeen, utility entities shall make a payment equal to one-half
of the assessment paid by such entities pursuant to this  paragraph  for
the  state  fiscal  year beginning on April first, two thousand sixteen;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07139-01-5
              

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