Senate Bill S6338

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring ad hoc members to be appointed in order to constitute a quorum

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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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2019-S6338 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8311
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §161, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S7593, A4549
2023-2024: S3059, A2352

2019-S6338 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires ad hoc members to be appointed in order to constitute a quorum on the board of electric generating facilities and includes ad hoc members as part of the board.

2019-S6338 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6338 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6338
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 the  need  of  ad
   hoc  members  to  be  appointed to constitute a quorum on the board of
   electric generating facilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 161 of the public service
 law, as added by chapter 388 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. The board[, exclusive of the ad hoc members,] shall have the  power
 to adopt the rules and regulations relating to the procedures to be used
 in certifying facilities under the provisions of this article, including
 the  suspension  or revocation thereof, and shall further have the power
 to seek delegation from the federal government pursuant to federal regu-
 latory programs applicable to the siting of major  electric  facilities.
 The  chairperson, after consultation with the other members of the board
 [exclusive of the ad hoc members], shall have exclusive jurisdiction  to
 issue  declaratory  rulings regarding the applicability of, or any other
 question under, this article and rules and regulations adopted hereunder
 and to grant requests for extensions or amendments to  or  transfers  of
 certificate terms and conditions, provided that no party to the proceed-
 ing opposes such request for extensions or amendments within thirty days
 of  the  filing  of  such  request. Regulations adopted by the board may
 provide for renewal applications for pollutant  control  permits  to  be
 submitted to and acted upon by the department of environmental conserva-
 tion  following  commercial operation of a certified facility. The board
 shall not accept any pre-application preliminary  scoping  statement  or
 application for a certificate, or exercise any powers or functions until
 the  department  of environmental conservation has promulgated rules and
 regulations required by paragraphs (f) and (g)  of  subdivision  one  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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