New York S 3031: Provides for interest to be recovered upon a sum awarded in certain circumstances

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S03031 Summary:

BILL NOS03031 

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Amd §161, Pub Serv L

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Relates to appointing ad hoc members to the New York state board on electric generation siting and the environment; provides notification of the status of proposed candidates for appointment.

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BILL NOS03031 

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01/23/2025REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3031

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 appointing ad hoc
 members to the New York state board on electric generation siting and
 the environment

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 161 of the public service law, as
 2 added by chapter 388 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 3 2. (a) Upon receipt of a pre-application preliminary scoping statement
 4 under this article, the chair shall promptly notify the governor, the
 5 temporary president [pro tem] of the senate, the speaker of the assem-
 6 bly, the chief executive officers representing the municipality and the
 7 county in which the facility is proposed to be located, and, if such
 8 facility is proposed to be located within the city of New York, the
 9 mayor of the city of New York, as well as the chairperson of the commu-
 10 nity board and the borough president representing the area in which the
 11 facility is proposed to be located. One ad hoc member shall be appointed
 12 by the temporary president [pro tem] of the senate and one ad hoc member
 13 shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly from a list of candi-
 14 dates submitted to them, in the following manner. If such facility is
 15 proposed to be located outside of the city of New York, the chief execu-
 16 tive officer representing the municipality shall nominate four candi-
 17 dates and the chief executive officer representing the county shall
 18 nominate four candidates for consideration. If such facility is proposed
 19 to be located outside of the city of New York and in a village located
 20 within a town, the chief executive officer representing the town shall
 21 nominate four candidates, the chief executive officer representing the
 22 county shall nominate four candidates, and the chief executive officer
 23 representing the village shall nominate four candidates for consider-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06930-01-5

 S. 3031 2

 1 ation. If such facility is proposed to be located in the city of New
 2 York, the chairperson of the community board, the borough president, and
 3 the mayor of the city of New York shall each nominate four candidates
 4 for consideration. Nominations shall be submitted to the temporary pres-
 5 ident [pro tem] of the senate and the speaker of the assembly within
 6 fifteen days of receipt of notification of the pre-application prelimi-
 7 nary scoping statement. In the event that the temporary president [pro
 8 tem] of the senate does not appoint one of the candidates within thirty
 9 days of such nominations, the governor shall appoint the ad hoc member
 10 from the list of candidates within forty-five days. In the event that
 11 the speaker of the assembly does not appoint one of the candidates with-
 12 in thirty days of such nominations, the governor shall appoint the ad
 13 hoc member from the list of candidates within forty-five days. [In the
 14 event that one or both of the ad hoc public members have not been
 15 appointed within forty-five days, a majority of persons named to the
 16 board shall constitute a quorum.]
 17 (b) In the event that one or both of the ad hoc members have not been
 18 appointed, pursuant t