Senate Bill S7067

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring periodic construction audits for certain private sector contractors

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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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2013-S7067 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1874, Pub Auth L

2013-S7067 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring periodic construction audits for certain private sector contractors.

2013-S7067 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7067 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7067

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 23, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 authorities law, in relation to bi-annual
  construction audits

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

  Section  1. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the legislature of
the state of New York to ensure that electric ratepayer funds  are  used
effectively  by  evaluating  the  completed work that has been funded by
ratepayer funds under programs overseen and operated  by  the  New  York
state energy research and development authority.
  S  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
1874 to read as follows:
  S 1874. BI-ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION AUDITS. 1. THE AUTHORITY  SHALL  AUDIT,
ON   A  BI-ANNUAL  BASIS,  NO  LESS  THAN  TWENTY-FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE
CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, RETROFIT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, DISTRIBUTED GENER-
ATION, OR ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS WHICH WERE PERFORMED BY  A  PRIVATE
SECTOR CONTRACTOR AS UNDER A BENEFIT OR INCENTIVE PROGRAM WHICH IS OPER-
ATED  BY THE AUTHORITY AND IS BACKED BY RATEPAYER FUNDS, FOR THE PURPOSE
OF DETERMINING WHETHER SUCH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ARE FUNCTIONING  PROP-
ERLY.  THE  TYPE OF AUDIT WILL VARY ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS DEPENDING ON
WHICH AUTHORITY PROGRAM FUNDED THE PROJECT, THE TECHNOLOGY INVOLVED, AND
THE TYPE OF BENEFIT THE PROJECT IS  SUPPOSED  TO  PROVIDE.  BENEFIT  AND
INCENTIVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE FUNDED USING RATEPAYER FUNDS INCLUDE BUT ARE
NOT  LIMITED  TO  PROJECTS  FUNDED  BY  THE RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD
(RPS), THE SYSTEMS BENEFIT CHARGE (SBC),  THE  REGIONAL  GREENHOUSE  GAS
INITIATIVE (RGGI), AND THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PORTFOLIO STANDARD (EEPS).
  2.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ISSUE A REPORT CONTAINING ITS
FINDINGS NO LATER THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER IT COMPLETES  AN  AUDIT  TO  THE
TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE
CHAIR OF THE SENATE ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE,  THE  CHAIR
OF  THE  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY ENERGY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14799-01-4
              

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