New York S 5518: 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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S05518 Summary:

BILL NOS05518 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02470

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SPONSORASHBY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §18-a subs 1-a - 5, amd §18-a, Pub Serv L

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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.

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BILL NOS05518 

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

03/06/2026NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/06/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5518

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- 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 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:

 1 Section 1. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 18-a of
 2 the public service law, as amended by section 2 of part NN of chapter 59
 3 of the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
 4 Costs and expenses of the commission and department [and the assess-
 5 ment of such costs and expenses. 1]. All costs and expenses of the
 6 department and commission shall be paid pursuant to appropriation by the
 7 legislature on the certification of the [chairman] chair of the depart-
 8 ment and upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller. [The state trea-
 9 sury shall be reimbursed therefore by payments to be made thereto from
 10 all moneys collected pursuant to this chapter. The total of such costs
 11 and expenses shall be borne by the public utility companies (including
 12 for the purposes of this section municipalities other than munici-
 13 palities as defined in section eighty-nine-l of this chapter), corpo-
 14 rations (including the power authority of the state of New York), and
 15 persons subject to the commission's regulation, to be assessed in the
 16 manner provided in subdivisions two, three and four of this section and
 17 section two hundred seventeen of this chapter.]
 18 § 2. Subdivisions 1-a, 2, 3, 4, 4-a, 4-b and 5 of section 18-a of the
 19 public service law are REPEALED.
 20 § 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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