STATE OF NEW YORK
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1556
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- 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 utility member-
ship dues used for lobbying activities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 114-a of the public service law, as added by chap-
2 ter 334 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 114-a. Rates not to include cost of legislative lobbying. In deter-
4 mining rates to be charged customers, the commission shall not include
5 the cost of legislative lobbying on behalf of any public utility as part
6 of any such utility's operational costs and the commission shall not
7 include the cost of membership dues for any organization, association,
8 institution, corporation or any other entity that engages in legislative
9 lobbying as part of any such utility's operational costs. As used in
10 this section, legislative lobbying shall mean and include any attempt by
11 any person on behalf of a public utility to influence the passage or
12 defeat of any legislation by either house of the legislature or the
13 congress, or the approval or disapproval of any legislation by the
14 governor; provided however, legislative lobbying shall not include any
15 appearance by any person on behalf of a public utility before a commit-
16 tee of either house of the legislature or the congress where any such
17 appearance is at the request of any such committee.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07291-01-1
