Relates to proof of service to municipalities by applicants for certificates of environmental compatibility and public need relating to the construction of major utility transmission facilities; requires applicants to provide proof of service to municipalities within a one mile radius of where such facility is to be located.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8979
IN SENATE
September 16, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- 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 proof of service
to municipalities by applicants for certificates of environmental
compatibility and public need relating to the construction of a major
utility transmission facility
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph i of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
2 122 of the public service law, as amended by chapter 521 of the laws of
3 2015, is amended to read as follows:
4 i. each municipality in which any portion of such facility is to be
5 located, or within a one mile radius of where such facility is to be
6 located, both as primarily proposed and in the alternative locations
7 listed. Notice to a municipality shall be addressed to the chief execu-
8 tive officer thereof and shall specify the date on or about which the
9 application is to be filed;
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17231-02-0
