Makes all costs and expenses of the department of public service and public service commission subject to appropriation by the legislature on the certification of the chairman of the department and upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8577
IN SENATE
February 15, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- 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 service law, in relation to making all costs
and expenses of the department of public service and public service
commission subject to appropriation by the legislature; and to repeal
certain provisions of section 18-a of the public service law, in
relation thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 18-a of
2 the public service law, as amended by section 2 of part NN of chapter 59
3 of the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
4 Costs and expenses of the commission and department [and the assess-
5 ment of such costs and expenses. 1]. All costs and expenses of the
6 department and commission shall be paid pursuant to appropriation by the
7 legislature on the certification of the chairman of the department and
8 upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller. [The state treasury shall
9 be reimbursed therefore by payments to be made thereto from all moneys
10 collected pursuant to this chapter. The total of such costs and expenses
11 shall be borne by the public utility companies (including for the
12 purposes of this section municipalities other than municipalities as
13 defined in section eighty-nine-l of this chapter), corporations (includ-
14 ing the power authority of the state of New York), and persons subject
15 to the commission's regulation, to be assessed in the manner provided in
16 subdivisions two, three and four of this section and section two hundred
17 seventeen of this chapter.]
18 § 2. Subdivisions 1-a, 2, 3, 4, 4-a, 4-b and 5 of section 18-a of the
19 public service law are REPEALED.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14438-01-4
