Bill Text: NY A00665 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 665 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes the power authority of the state of New York to provide low-cost electric power to Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway theaters for a limited period of time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-30 - print number 665a [A00665 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00665-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        665--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions --  recommitted
         to  the  Committee  on  Corporations,  Authorities  and Commissions in
         accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
         amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
         tee
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  providing
         electrical  power to Broadway and off-Broadway theaters; and providing
         for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  1005 of the public authorities law is amended by
    2  adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
    3    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW,  THE  AUTHORITY  IS
    4  AUTHORIZED  TO  ENTER  INTO  CONTRACTS PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
    5  SIXTEEN, WHICH CONTRACTS MAY EXPIRE NOT LATER THAN JUNE  THIRTIETH,  TWO
    6  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN,  TO  PROVIDE  LOW-COST  ELECTRIC POWER TO BROADWAY,
    7  OFF-BROADWAY,  OR  OFF-OFF-BROADWAY  THEATERS.  FOR  THIS  PURPOSE,  THE
    8  AUTHORITY  IS  AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE ANY POWER AVAILABLE FROM ANY SOURCE
    9  AND UNDER ANY PROGRAM, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY
   10  DEMONSTRATION PROJECT OR THE POWER FOR JOBS PROGRAM; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
   11  THAT  IN CONSIDERING ANY ALLOCATION UNDER THE POWER FOR JOBS PROGRAM, NO
   12  CUSTOMER SHALL BE DENIED SUCH ALLOCATION ON THE BASIS THAT SUCH CUSTOMER
   13  IS UNABLE TO MAKE COMMITMENTS AS TO THE NUMBER OF JOBS TO BE CREATED  OR
   14  MAINTAINED  BY  SUCH ALLOCATION. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH: (A)
   15  THE TERM "BROADWAY THEATER", "OFF-BROADWAY THEATER", OR  "OFF-OFF-BROAD-
   16  WAY  THEATER"  SHALL  MEAN  A BUILDING OR PART OF A BUILDING WITH ONE OR
   17  MORE PERFORMANCE AREAS AND ONE OR MORE AUDIENCE SEATING AREAS  AND  USED
   18  FOR  THE  PRESENTATION  OF  DRAMATIC OR MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCES AND
   19  COMMONLY REFERRED TO EITHER AS A "BROADWAY THEATER", "OFF-BROADWAY THEA-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  TER", OR "OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATER"; AND (B) THE TERM  "CUSTOMER"  SHALL
    2  MEAN  THE  PERSON  BILLED  BY  THE ELECTRICAL UTILITY FOR ELECTRIC POWER
    3  CONSUMED IN CONNECTION WITH A DRAMATIC OR MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCE IN
    4  A BROADWAY THEATER, OFF-BROADWAY THEATER, OR OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATER.
    5    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    6  deemed repealed June 30, 2016;  provided,  however,  that  any  contract
    7  entered into under the authority of this act may continue until June 30,
    8  2017.