NY State Senate Bill 2021-S4573

Senate Bill S4573

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires utilities to charge not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth residential rates

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2021-S4573 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:: Public Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §76, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S620
2011-2012: S4441
2013-2014: S2491
2015-2016: S4052
2017-2018: S6213
2019-2020: S2619
2023-2024: S3082

2021-S4573 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires gas and electric corporations to charge not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth residential rates for utilities.

2021-S4573 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4573

SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public service law, in relation to utility rates
charged to not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth

 
PURPOSE:

Requires utilities to charge not-for-profit organized sports programs
for youth residential rates

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Section 76 of the public service law, as amended by chapter
82 of the laws of 1998, is amended by including not-for-profit organized
sports programs for youth. Section 2. This act shall take effect on the
thirtieth day after it shall have become law.

JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth are
charged a "commercial" utility rate which is-applied to "for-profit"
entities. Since organized sports programs should be afforded the commu-
nity residences, rates for youth are "not-for-profit" entities, they
same rate treatment as religious organizations, and domestic consumers
which enjoy residential utility

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: S. 2619 Referred to Energy & Telecommunications

2019: S. 2619 Referred to Energy & Telecommunications

2018: S.6213 - Referred to Energy /A.7883-Referred to Energy

2017: S.6213 - Referred to Energy /A.7883-Referred to Energy

2016: S.4052 -Referred to Energy /A.3151 - Referred to Energy

2015: S.4052 -Referred to Energy /A.3151 - Referred to Energy

2014: S.2491 - Referred to Energy /A.4360 - Referred to Energy

2013: S.2491 - Referred to Energy /A.4360 - Referred to Energy

2012: S.4441 - Referred to Energy /A.6930 - Referred to Energy

2011: 5.4441 - Referred to Energy /A.6930 - Referred to Energy

2010: S.620 - Referred to Energy /A.5966 - Referred to Energy

2009: S.620-Referred to Energy /A.5966 - Referred to Energy

2008: S.6745-Passed Senate/A. 9879 - Referred to Energy

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have
become law.

2021-S4573 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4573
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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 rates
   charged to not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth

   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:
   §  76.  Rates  charged  veteran organizations, religious bodies [and],
 community residences AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZED  SPORTS  PROGRAMS  FOR
 YOUTH.   No gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality 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 veter-
 ans' organization, or corporation or association organized and conducted
 in good faith for religious purposes, including the  operation  by  such
 corporation  or  association  of  a school, notwithstanding 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 resi-
 dents, OR FROM A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZED SPORTS PROGRAM  FOR  YOUTH,  a
 rate, regardless of the type of service offered, for any gas or electric
 service utilized exclusively in connection with such [veteran] VETERANS'
 organization  or  for such religious purposes or utilized exclusively at
 such community residence OR USED BY A  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZED  SPORTS
 PROGRAM  FOR  YOUTH greater than the rates or charges charged, demanded,
 collected or received by such gas corporation, electric  corporation  or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06348-01-1

 S. 4573                             2
 
 municipality  from  domestic  consumers  receiving  single-phase service
 within the same village, town or municipality.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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