Senate Bill S3082

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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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2023-S3082 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
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
2021-2022: S4573

2023-S3082 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S3082 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3082 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3082
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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.
                                                            LBD07508-01-3
 S. 3082                             2

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