New York A 6015: Relates to the membership of the public service commission

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A06015 Summary:

BILL NOA06015 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRBurdick, Seawright, Lunsford, Bichotte Hermelyn, Colton, Paulin, Simone, Steck, Forrest, Stern,
 Woerner

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3-c, Gen Muni L; amd §2023-a, Ed L; add §94-e, Exec L

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Relates to excluding renewable energy pilot projects and certain energy system-related payments in lieu of taxes from tax cap calculations, and to the establishment of a distributed generation energy development program that provides a single forum for state-level appeals for proposed distributed generation energy facilities.

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BILL NOA06015 

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02/25/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6015

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, BURDICK, SEAWRIGHT, LUNSFORD,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, COLTON, PAULIN, SIMONE, STECK, FORREST, STERN --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the education law, in
 relation to excluding renewable energy pilot projects and certain
 energy system-related payments in lieu of taxes from tax cap calcu-
 lations; and to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing a
 distributed generation energy development program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 3-c of the general municipal law, as added by section 1 of part
 3 A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new subparagraph
 4 (v) is added to read as follows:
 5 (iv) in years in which the normal contribution rate of the New York
 6 state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
 7 sion two of section five hundred seventeen of the education law,
 8 increases by more than two percentage points from the previous year, a
 9 tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for local
 10 government employer contributions to the New York state teachers'
 11 retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus
 12 two percentage points[.];
 13 (v) a tax levy necessary for expenditures for renewable energy pilot
 14 programs.
 15 § 2. Subparagraphs (iii) and (vi) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of
 16 section 3-c of the general municipal law, as added by section 1 of part
 17 A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
 18 (iii) Add any payments in lieu of taxes that were receivable in the
 19 prior fiscal year, other than payments in lieu of taxes receivable in
 20 connection with energy systems defined in section four hundred eighty-
 21 seven of the real property tax law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09123-01-5

 A. 6015 2

 1 (vi) Subtract any payments in lieu of taxes receivable in the coming
 2 fiscal year, other than payments in lieu of taxes receivable in
 3 connection with energy systems defined in section four hundred eighty-
 4 seven of the real property tax law.
 5 § 3. Subparagraphs 3 and 6 of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section
 6 2023-a of the education law, as added by section 2 of part A of chapter
 7 97 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
 8 (3) Add any payments in lieu of taxes that were receivable in the
 9 prior school year, other than payments in lieu of taxes receivable in
 10 connection with energy systems defined in section four hundred eighty-
 11 seven of the real property tax law.
 12 (6) Subtract any payments in lieu of taxes receivable in the coming
 13 fiscal year, other than payments in lieu of taxes receivable in
 14 connection with energy systems defined in section four hundred eighty-
 15 seven of the real property tax law.
 16 § 4. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 94-e to read
 17 as follows:
 18 § 94-e. Distributed generation energy development p