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Sep 16, 2020 |
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Senate Bill S8979
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
2019-S8979 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §122, Pub Serv L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S944
2019-S8979 (ACTIVE) - Summary
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.
2019-S8979 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8979 SPONSOR: GAUGHRAN TITLE OF BILL: 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 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill expands notification to include municipalities within a one- mile radius of a proposed construction of major utility transmission facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Amends subparagraph (i) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 122 of public service law to require that an applicant for certificates of environmental compatibility also notify municipalities
2019-S8979 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8979 I N S E N A T E September 16, 2020 ___________ 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: Section 1. Subparagraph i of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 122 of the public service law, as amended by chapter 521 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: i. each municipality in which any portion of such facility is to be located, OR WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS OF WHERE SUCH FACILITY IS TO BE LOCATED, both as primarily proposed and in the alternative locations listed. Notice to a municipality shall be addressed to the chief execu- tive officer thereof and shall specify the date on or about which the application is to be filed; § 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
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