Bill Text: NY A01659 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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) 2012-01-12 - print number 1659a [A01659 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01659-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1659
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 11, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       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  THIRTEEN, WHICH CONTRACTS MAY EXPIRE NOT LATER THAN JUNE THIRTIETH,  TWO
    6  THOUSAND  FOURTEEN, TO PROVIDE LOW-COST ELECTRIC POWER TO BROADWAY, OFF-
    7  BROADWAY, OR OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATERS. FOR THIS PURPOSE, THE  AUTHORITY
    8  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO PROVIDE ANY POWER AVAILABLE FROM ANY SOURCE AND UNDER
    9  ANY PROGRAM, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY  NEW  TECHNOLOGY  DEMON-
   10  STRATION  PROJECT OR THE POWER FOR JOBS PROGRAM; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
   11  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-
   20  TER",  OR  "OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATER"; AND (B) THE TERM "CUSTOMER" SHALL
   21  MEAN THE PERSON BILLED BY THE  ELECTRICAL  UTILITY  FOR  ELECTRIC  POWER
   22  CONSUMED IN CONNECTION WITH A DRAMATIC OR MUSICAL THEATER PERFORMANCE IN
   23  A BROADWAY THEATER, OFF-BROADWAY THEATER, OR OFF-OFF-BROADWAY THEATER.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03109-01-1
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    1    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    2  deemed repealed June 30, 2013;  provided,  however,  that  any  contract
    3  entered into under the authority of this act may continue until June 30,
    4  2014.