STATE OF NEW YORK
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7211--A
IN SENATE
April 6, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- (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 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, relating to energy-related
projects, programs and services of 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 public
2 authorities law, as amended by chapter 494 of the laws of 2011, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) As deemed feasible and advisable by the trustees, to finance
5 [and], design, develop, construct, implement, provide and administer
6 energy-related projects, programs and services for any public entity,
7 any independent not-for-profit institution of higher education within
8 the state, and any recipient of [the] economic development power, expan-
9 sion power, replacement power, preservation power, high load factor
10 power, municipal distribution agency power, [power for jobs, and]
11 recharge New York power [programs administered by], or allocated by the
12 authority, and any party located within the state of New York under
13 contract with the authority to purchase power from the authority pursu-
14 ant to this title or any other law. In establishing and providing high
15 performance and sustainable building programs and services authorized by
16 this subdivision, the authority is authorized to consult standards,
17 guidelines, rating systems, and/or criteria established or adopted by
18 other organizations, including but not limited to the United States
19 green building council under its leadership in energy and environmental
20 design (LEED) programs, the green building initiative's green globes
21 rating system, and the American National Standards Institute. The source
22 of any financing and/or loans provided by the authority for the purposes
23 of this subdivision may be the proceeds of notes issued pursuant to
24 section one thousand nine-a of this title, the proceeds of bonds issued
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 pursuant to section one thousand ten of this title, or any other avail-
2 able authority funds.
3 § 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 17 of section 1005
4 of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 477 of the laws of
5 2009 and as renumbered by section 16 of part CC of chapter 60 of the
6 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
7 (2) "Energy-related projects, programs and services" means energy
8 management, distribution, or control projects and services, energy effi-
9 ciency projects and services, clean energy technology projects and
10 services, and high performance and sustainable building programs and
11 services, and the construction, installation and/or operation of facili-
12 ties or equipment done in connection with any such projects, programs or
13 services.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
