Bill Text: NY A02291 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public utility authorities to obtain legislative approval before raising rates or fees, or imposing new rates or fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-16 - referred to energy [A02291 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A02291-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2291

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 16, 2025
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. GANDOLFO, SMULLEN, DeSTEFANO, DURSO, McDONOUGH,
          BRABENEC, SMITH, GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
          Energy

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
          public utility authorities to obtain legislative approval before rais-
          ing rates or fees

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

     1    Section  1.    The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new
     2  section 2859 to read as follows:
     3    § 2859. Rates and fees; public utility authorities.  No public utility
     4  authority operating under article five of this chapter shall  raise  any
     5  rates or fees, or impose any new rates or fees, for the use of utilities
     6  provided  by  such  public  utility  authority,  without first obtaining
     7  approval from the state legislature.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01523-01-5