S05205 Summary:
BILL NO | S05205B |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A06912-C |
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SPONSOR | GRIFFO |
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COSPNSR | AMEDORE, HOYLMAN, LATIMER, PANEPINTO, SERRANO |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add 70-a, Pub Serv L | |
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Relates to municipal acquisition of street lights from electric utilities. |
S05205 Actions:
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05/07/2015 | REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2015 | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/09/2015 | PRINT NUMBER 5205A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2015 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2015 | PRINT NUMBER 5205B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2015 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2015 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1801 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2015 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2015 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2015 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2015 | substituted for a6912c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2015 | ordered to third reading cal.434 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2015 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2015 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/10/2015 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/20/2015 | SIGNED CHAP.495 |
S05205 Committee Votes:
Go to topS05205 Floor Votes:
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Abbate
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Corwin
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Goodell
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Lupardo
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Paulin
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Silver
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Abinanti
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Crespo
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Gottfried
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Lupinacci
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Peoples-Stokes
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Simanowitz
ER
Arroyo
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Crouch
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Graf
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Magee
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Perry
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Simon
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Aubry
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Curran
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Gunther
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Magnarelli
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Persaud
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Simotas
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Barclay
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Cusick
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Hawley
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Malliotakis
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Pichardo
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Skartados
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Barrett
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Cymbrowitz
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Hevesi
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Markey
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Pretlow
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Skoufis
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Barron
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Davila
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Hikind
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Mayer
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Quart
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Solages
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Benedetto
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DenDekker
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Hooper
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McDonald
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Ra
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Stec
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Bichotte
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Dilan
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Jaffee
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McDonough
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Raia
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Steck
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Blake
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Dinowitz
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Jean-Pierre
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McKevitt
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Ramos
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Stirpe
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Blankenbush
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DiPietro
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Johns
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McLaughlin
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Richardson
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Tedisco
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Borelli
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Duprey
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Joyner
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Miller
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Rivera
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Tenney
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Brabenec
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Englebright
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Kaminsky
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Montesano
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Roberts
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Thiele
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Braunstein
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Fahy
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Katz
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Morelle
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Robinson
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Titone
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Brennan
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Farrell
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Kavanagh
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Mosley
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Rodriguez
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Titus
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Brindisi
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Finch
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Kearns
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Moya
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Rosenthal
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Walker
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Bronson
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Fitzpatrick
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Kim
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Murray
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Rozic
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Walter
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Brook-Krasny
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Friend
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Kolb
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Nojay
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Russell
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Weinstein
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Buchwald
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Galef
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Lalor
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Nolan
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Ryan
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Weprin
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Butler
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Gantt
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Lavine
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Oaks
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Saladino
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Woerner
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Cahill
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Garbarino
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Lawrence
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O'Donnell
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Santabarbara
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Wozniak
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Ceretto
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Giglio
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Lentol
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Ortiz
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Schimel
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Wright
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Clark
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Gjonaj
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Lifton
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Otis
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Schimminger
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Zebrowski
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Colton
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Glick
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Linares
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Palmesano
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Seawright
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Mr. Speaker
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Cook
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Goldfeder
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Lopez
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Palumbo
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Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S05205 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5205--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, AMEDORE, HOYLMAN, LATIMER, PANEPINTO, SERRA- NO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to municipal acqui- sition of street lights from electric utilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 2 70-a to read as follows: 3 § 70-a. Street lights. 1. Any municipality or other government entity 4 proposing to acquire title to and transfer ownership of the complete 5 system of street light luminaires or fixtures, all supporting infras- 6 tructure, and associated electric circuitry may file an application with 7 the commission to determine if there is public interest for the commis- 8 sion to commence a proceeding to facilitate an ownership transfer agree- 9 ment between the owner of the street lights and the petitioning munici- 10 pality. 11 2. The municipality shall file an application with the commission 12 identifying or providing: 13 (a) an inventory form with pole numbers, location, light size, light 14 type and other relevant descriptive information; upon request an elec- 15 tric corporation shall provide such information required based on the 16 actual cost, if any, to prepare the same; 17 (b) a statement explaining the need for the change in ownership 18 including the anticipated financial impacts to the municipality; 19 (c) a statement explaining the municipality's plans to retrofit the 20 fixtures to be acquired with energy efficient lighting; and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08112-08-5S. 5205--B 2 1 (d) such other information as the applicant may consider relevant or 2 as the commission may require. 3 3. Any such application filed with the commission shall be accompanied 4 by proof of service, and shall be served on the owner or owners of the 5 street light equipment and supporting infrastructure which are subject 6 to such proceeding. The applicant shall serve a copy of such application 7 on such other persons or entities as the chair may deem appropriate. The 8 applicant, the commission and those served shall constitute the parties 9 to a proceeding pursuant to this section. 10 4. The commission shall require any utility named as a party to a 11 proceeding pursuant to this section to have an effective tariff which 12 establishes the process to facilitate the transfer of ownership of 13 street light equipment, including light emitting diodes, supporting 14 infrastructure, any required street lighting attachment provisions, and 15 the rates and charges related to the foregoing. 16 5. The commission shall require that any agreement between the munici- 17 pality and the owner of the street lighting system provide that any 18 personnel that work on such street lighting system will be electrically 19 qualified to accommodate the environment within which the street light 20 equipment shall exist and/or be in compliance with established standards 21 associated with work in close proximity to electrical equipment and 22 further provide that any required make-ready work must be performed by 23 the utility or qualified contractor. 24 6. The commission shall work with the New York state energy research 25 and development authority to identify energy efficiency or of the fund- 26 ing which would be available for municipalities for the purposes of the 27 section. 28 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 29 it shall have become a law.