Senate Bill S1334

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing discount programs for veterans

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Energy And Telecommunications 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-S1334 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§66-x, 89-q, 91-b & 224-d, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8491
2023-2024: S1201

2025-S1334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing discount programs for veterans; provides that utilities, waterworks corporations, telephone corporations and cable television companies shall create discount programs that provide a 10 percent discount to veterans; defines terms.

2025-S1334 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1334
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, HINCHEY, JACKSON, WEBB --
   read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service  law,  in  relation  to  establishing
   discount programs for veterans

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 66-x to read as follows:
   §  66-X.  UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM.   1. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSION IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO REQUIRE A
 GAS CORPORATION, ELECTRIC CORPORATION OR  MUNICIPALITY  TO  ESTABLISH  A
 DISCOUNT PROGRAM FOR VETERANS NO LATER THAN NINETY DAYS AFTER THE EFFEC-
 TIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL OFFER A YEARLY BENEFIT TO
 VETERANS IN THE FORM OF A TEN PERCENT DISCOUNT  ON  UTILITY  BILLS.  THE
 FISCAL  IMPACT OF SUCH PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE BORNE BY CUSTOMERS AND SHALL
 NOT BE ADDED TO BILLS RENDERED BY A  GAS  CORPORATION,  ELECTRIC  CORPO-
 RATION OR MUNICIPALITY TO CUSTOMERS.
   (B)  A  GAS  CORPORATION,  ELECTRIC  CORPORATION OR MUNICIPALITY WHICH
 OFFERS SUCH DISCOUNT PROGRAM SHALL CONSPICUOUSLY  ADVERTISE  THE  AVAIL-
 ABILITY  AND  AMOUNT  OF SUCH DISCOUNT ON THE WEBSITE OF SUCH GAS CORPO-
 RATION, ELECTRIC  CORPORATION  OR  MUNICIPALITY.  THE  AVAILABILITY  AND
 AMOUNT  OF  SUCH  DISCOUNT SHALL ALSO BE CONSPICUOUSLY ADVERTISED ON THE
 ACCESSIBILITY PAGE OF THE WEBSITE  OF  SUCH  GAS  CORPORATION,  ELECTRIC
 CORPORATION OR MUNICIPALITY.
   2.  (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "VETERAN" SHALL MEAN A RESI-
 DENT OF THE STATE WHO (I) IS THE PRIMARY NAMED UTILITY SERVICE  ACCOUNT-
 HOLDER;  (II)  HAS HAD A TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF LESS THAN FIFTY THOU-
 SAND DOLLARS FOR THE  MOST  RECENT  TWO  CONSECUTIVE  INCOME  TAX  YEARS
 BEGINNING IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, AS VERIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TAXA-
 TION  AND FINANCE; AND (III) SERVED IN AND WHO RECEIVED ANY HONORABLE OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03278-01-5
              

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