Senate Bill S1881

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes election by religious bodies of exemption from time of use utility service rates

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง76, Pub Serv L

2009-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that in the event the rates charged by a utility for domestic consumers are based upon time of use, then religious bodies, associates or community residence may elect to be exempt from such time of use rates and may instead elect to be billed for its usage of such service at conventional rates that do not vary with time of use.

2009-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1881

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- 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 rates charged
  religious bodies and community residence supportive living facilities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 76 of the public service law, as amended by chapter
82 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
  S 76. Rates charged veteran organizations, religious bodies and commu-
nity  residences.  No  gas  corporation, electric corporation or munici-
pality shall, directly or indirectly, charge, demand, collect or receive
from any post or hall owned or leased by  a  not-for-profit  corporation
that  is  a veterans' organization, or corporation or association organ-
ized and conducted in good faith for religious purposes,  including  the
operation  by such corporation or association of a school, notwithstand-
ing that secular subjects are taught at such school, or from a community
residence as defined  in  subdivision  twenty-eight,  twenty-eight-a  or
twenty-eight-b  of  section  1.03  of  the mental hygiene law, provided,
however, that such residence  shall  be  operated  by  a  not-for-profit
corporation  and  if  supervisory staff is on site on a twenty-four hour
per day basis, that the residence  provides  living  accommodations  for
fourteen  or  fewer residents, a rate, regardless of the type of service
offered, for  any  gas  or  electric  service  utilized  exclusively  in
connection with such veteran organization or for such religious purposes
or  utilized  exclusively  at  such community residence greater than the
rates or charges charged, demanded, collected or received  by  such  gas
corporation,  electric corporation or municipality from domestic consum-
ers receiving single-phase service within  the  same  village,  town  or
municipality.  IN ADDITION, NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISION OF SUBDIVISION
TWENTY-SEVEN  OF  SECTION  SIXTY-SIX  OF  THIS ARTICLE, IN THE EVENT THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05281-01-9

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