Assembly Bill A2470

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Makes all costs and expenses of the department of public service and public service commission subject to appropriation by the legislature; repealer

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A2470 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §18-a subs 1-a - 5, amd §18-a, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9280

2025-A2470 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes all costs and expenses of the department of public service and public service commission subject to appropriation by the legislature on the certification of the chair of the department and upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller.

2025-A2470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2470
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to making all  costs
   and  expenses  of  the department of public service and public service
   commission subject to appropriation by the legislature; and to  repeal
   certain  provisions  of  section  18-a  of  the public service law, in
   relation thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  section heading and subdivision 1 of section 18-a of
 the public service law, as amended by section 2 of part NN of chapter 59
 of the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   Costs and expenses of the commission and department [and  the  assess-
 ment  of  such  costs  and  expenses.  1]. All costs and expenses of the
 department and commission shall be paid pursuant to appropriation BY THE
 LEGISLATURE on the certification of the [chairman] CHAIR of the  depart-
 ment and upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller. [The state trea-
 sury  shall  be reimbursed therefore by payments to be made thereto from
 all moneys collected pursuant to this chapter. The total of  such  costs
 and  expenses  shall be borne by the public utility companies (including
 for the purposes of  this  section  municipalities  other  than  munici-
 palities  as  defined  in section eighty-nine-l of this chapter), corpo-
 rations (including the power authority of the state of  New  York),  and
 persons  subject  to  the commission's regulation, to be assessed in the
 manner provided in subdivisions two, three and four of this section  and
 section two hundred seventeen of this chapter.]
   §  2. Subdivisions 1-a, 2, 3, 4, 4-a, 4-b and 5 of section 18-a of the
 public service law are REPEALED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06172-01-5

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