S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1611
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Judiciary
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  transportation corporations law, in relation to
         restricting transportation corporations that are electric corporations
         from exercising the right of eminent domain
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.    Section  11  of  the transportation corporations law is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    3    8.  SUBDIVISIONS THREE AND THREE-A OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY  TO
    4  ANY ELECTRIC CORPORATION:
    5    (A)  SEEKING  TO  BUILD  A TRANSMISSION LINE, OR TO EXPAND AN EXISTING
    6  TRANSMISSION LINE, WHICH SUCH LINE CONNECTS A LOCATION  OUTSIDE  OF  THE
    7  TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO A LOCATION WITHIN
    8  THE  STATE  OF NEW YORK UNLESS SUCH LINE IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR INTER-
    9  CONNECTION TO SUCH LINE WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK BY  ANY  GENERATION
   10  FACILITY OR FACILITIES LOCATED OR PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED IN THE STATE OF
   11  NEW YORK; OR
   12    (B)  SEEKING  TO  BUILD  A TRANSMISSION LINE, OR TO EXPAND AN EXISTING
   13  TRANSMISSION LINE WHICH SUCH LINE CONNECTS  TO  A  LOCATION  WITHIN  THE
   14  STATE OF NEW YORK WHICH PERMITS INTERCONNECTION BY ANY GENERATION FACIL-
   15  ITY OR FACILITIES OR PROPOSED FACILITIES THAT CANNOT DEMONSTRATE COMPLI-
   16  ANCE  WITH  THE  POWER  PLANT EMISSIONS AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ESTAB-
   17  LISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 19-0312  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION
   18  LAW; OR
   19    (C)  SEEKING TO BUILD AN ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY, OR TO EXPAND AN
   20  EXISTING ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY, IN  A  LOCATION  OUTSIDE  OF  THE
   21  TERRITORIAL  LIMITS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TOGETHER WITH BUILD-
   22  ING AN ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION TO A LOCATION WITHIN THE STATE OF  NEW
   23  YORK.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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