STATE OF NEW YORK
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4895
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 16, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
public utility authorities to obtain legislative approval before rais-
ing rates or fees
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
2 section 2859 to read as follows:
3 § 2859. Rates and fees; public utility authorities. No public utility
4 authority operating under article five of this chapter shall raise any
5 rates or fees, or impose any new rates or fees, for the use of utilities
6 provided by such public utility authority, without first obtaining
7 approval from the state legislature.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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