Establishes increased penalties for combination gas and electric corporations that violate provisions of the public service law designed to protect the overall reliability and continuity of electric service.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8967
IN SENATE
September 4, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to increasing penal-
ties for certain violations committed by combination gas and electric
corporations
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 5 of section 25-a of the
2 public service law, as added by section 2 of part X of chapter 57 of the
3 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) five hundred thousand dollars or [four one-hundredths] two-tenths
5 of one percent of the annual intrastate gross operating revenue of the
6 corporation, not including taxes paid to and revenues collected on
7 behalf of government entities, whichever is greater, constituting a
8 civil penalty for each separate and distinct offense; provided, however,
9 that for purposes of this paragraph each day of a continuing violation
10 shall not be deemed a separate and distinct offense. The total period of
11 a continuing violation, as well as every distinct violation shall be
12 similarly treated as a separate and distinct offense for purposes of
13 this paragraph; or
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17183-02-0
