New York S 1334: Relates to establishing discount programs for veterans

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S01334 Summary:

BILL NOS01334 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04104

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SPONSORPARKER

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COSPNSRCOMRIE, FERNANDEZ, HINCHEY, JACKSON, MAY, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§66-x, 89-q, 91-b & 224-d, Pub Serv L

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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.

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BILL NOS01334 

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

02/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.336

02/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/24/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1334

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 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:

 1 Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 66-x to read as follows:
 3 § 66-x. Utility discount program. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other
 4 provision of law, the commission is authorized and directed to require a
 5 gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality to establish a
 6 discount program for veterans no later than ninety days after the effec-
 7 tive date of this section. Such program shall offer a yearly benefit to
 8 veterans in the form of a ten percent discount on utility bills. The
 9 fiscal impact of such program shall not be borne by customers and shall
 10 not be added to bills rendered by a gas corporation, electric corpo-
 11 ration or municipality to customers.
 12 (b) A gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality which
 13 offers such discount program shall conspicuously advertise the avail-
 14 ability and amount of such discount on the website of such gas corpo-
 15 ration, electric corporation or municipality. The availability and
 16 amount of such discount shall also be conspicuously advertised on the
 17 accessibility page of the website of such gas corporation, electric
 18 corporation or municipality.
 19 2. (a) For the purposes of this section, "veteran" shall mean a resi-
 20 dent of the state who (i) is the primary named utility service account-
 21 holder; (ii) has had a total household income of less than fifty thou-
 22 sand dollars for the most recent two consecutive income tax years
 23 beginning in two thousand twenty, as verified by the department of taxa-
 24 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

 S. 1334 2

 1 general discharge from the United States army, navy, air force, marine
 2 corps, coast guard and/or the reserves thereof, and/or the army national
 3 guard, air national guard, New York guard or New York naval militia.
 4 (b) A primary named utility service accountholder shall provide the
 5 gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality an authenticat-
 6 ed copy of such accountholder's discharge papers to be eligible for such
 7 discount to demonstrate eligibility under paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 8 sion.
 9 § 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 89-q to
 10 read as follows:
 11 § 89-q. Water discount program. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any other
 12 provision of law, the commission is authorized and directed to require
 13 waterworks corporations and municipal water systems to establish a
 14 discount program for veterans no later than ninety days after the effec-
 15 tive date of this section. Such program shall offer a yearly benefit to
 16 veterans in the form of a ten percent discount on water utility bills.
 17 T