S08447 Summary:
BILL NO | S08447 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A08877 |
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SPONSOR | WALCZYK |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add §52-a, Leg L | |
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Requires a fiscal note when a bill enacts or amends a law impacting the cost of utility services. |
S08447 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8447 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to establishing a fiscal note on bills affecting ratepayers' costs for utility services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 52-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 52-a. Requirements with respect to bills affecting ratepayers' costs 4 for utility services. 1. For purposes of this section the term "ratepay- 5 er" means any person paying an electric corporation, a gas corporation, 6 a combination gas or electric corporation or a municipality for supply 7 utility services. 8 2. A bill which enacts or amends any provision of law relating to or 9 impacting the cost of utility services on a ratepayer shall contain a 10 fiscal note stating the estimated annual cost to the affected ratepayers 11 and the source of such estimate. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13144-01-5