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Senate Bill S1065
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2011-S1065 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Energy And Telecommunications
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S6850
2013-2014: S1622
2011-S1065 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1065 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to the imposition of the temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To require the temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment imposed by the 2009-2010 Executive Budget to sunset on an annual basis. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 provides the "temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment" imposed by the 2009-2010 Executive Budget will sunset annually beginning on or after March 31, 2010, unless, on or before submission of the executive budget, the Governor requests the authority in such budget to continue to impose such assessment for an additional fiscal year. JUSTIFICATION: In the 2009-2010 Executive Budget, the utility regulation assessment imposed by section 18-a of the Public Service Law was increased 500%. Historically, the 18-a assessment was a de minimis fee that funded the
2011-S1065 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1065 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PARKER, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Tele- communications AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the imposition of the temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 6 of section 18-a of the public service law, as added by section 4 of part NN of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, and subject to the exceptions provided for in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, for the state fiscal year beginning on April first, two thousand nine and UP TO four state fiscal years thereafter, a temporary annual assessment (hereinafter "temporary state energy and utility service conservation assessment") is hereby imposed on public utility companies (including for the purposes of this subdivision municipalities other than munici- palities as defined in section eighty-nine-l of this chapter), corpo- rations (including for purposes of this subdivision the Long Island power authority), and persons subject to the commission's regulation (hereinafter such public utility companies, corporations, and persons are referred to collectively as the "utility entities") to encourage the conservation of energy and other resources provided through utility entities, to be assessed in the manner provided in this subdivision; provided, however, that such assessment shall not be imposed upon tele- phone corporations as defined in subdivision seventeen of section two of this article; AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT THE AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE SUCH ASSESSMENT SHALL EXPIRE AT THE END OF EACH STATE FISCAL YEAR ON OR AFTER MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, UNLESS THE GOVERNOR REQUESTS THE AUTHORITY FROM THE LEGISLATURE TO CONTINUE TO IMPOSE THE TEMPORARY STATE ENERGY AND UTILITY SERVICE CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT FOR AN ADDI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02135-01-1
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