Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to energy and telecommunications |
Jun 05, 2019 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6338
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
2019-S6338 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S6338 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6338 SPONSOR: ORTT TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure that the siting board for an electric generating facility cannot meet until local ad hoc members are appointed. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 removes language in the public service law that allows a siting board to exclude ad hoc siting board members from siting board decisions. It also amends the public service law to define what consti- tutes a quorum in meetings of the siting board. Section 2 sets the effective date.
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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