STATE OF NEW YORK
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7449
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 26, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- (at request of the New York Power Authori-
ty) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
ted to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the eligibil-
ity of hospitals in the state to receive assistance from the power
authority of the state of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 17 of section 1005 of the
2 public authorities law, as amended by chapter 494 of the laws of 2011,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) As deemed feasible and advisable by the trustees, to finance and
5 design, develop, construct, implement, provide and administer energy-re-
6 lated projects, programs and services for any public entity, any inde-
7 pendent not-for-profit institution of higher education within the state,
8 any general hospital located in the state, and any recipient of the
9 economic development power, expansion power, replacement power, preser-
10 vation power, high load factor power, municipal distribution agency
11 power, power for jobs, and recharge New York power programs administered
12 by the authority. In establishing and providing high performance and
13 sustainable building programs and services authorized by this subdivi-
14 sion, the authority is authorized to consult standards, guidelines,
15 rating systems, and/or criteria established or adopted by other organ-
16 izations, including but not limited to the United States green building
17 council under its leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED)
18 programs, the green building initiative's green globes rating system,
19 and the American National Standards Institute. The source of any financ-
20 ing and/or loans provided by the authority for the purposes of this
21 subdivision may be the proceeds of notes issued pursuant to section one
22 thousand nine-a of this title, the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 section one thousand ten of this title, or any other available authority
2 funds.
3 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 17 of section 1005 of the public
4 authorities law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 3-a to read as
5 follows:
6 (3-a) "General hospital" has the same meaning ascribed to such term in
7 subdivision ten of section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health
8 law.
9 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.