Bill Text: NY A03836 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits the governing board of a municipal corporation from adopting any law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to the customer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to local governments [A03836 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03836-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3836

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 8, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BARCLAY, PALMESANO, LEMONDES, HAWLEY, TAGUE,
          WALSH, SIMPSON, J. M. GIGLIO, MANKTELOW, MILLER,  BLANKENBUSH,  SMITH,
          GALLAHAN,  BYRNES,  ANGELINO,  MORINELLO,  BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO -- read
          once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
          municipal  corporations  from  adopting  local laws, ordinances, regu-
          lations, or policies that prohibit certain utility services from being
          delivered based on the type or source of energy

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

     1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
     2  section 99-z to read as follows:
     3    § 99-z. Prohibitions relating to utility service. 1. For the  purposes
     4  of this section, "utility service" shall mean natural gas, propane, fuel
     5  oil, or other fossil fuels provided to a customer.
     6    2.  The governing board of a municipal corporation shall not adopt any
     7  local law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits,  or  has  the
     8  effect  of  prohibiting,  the  connection  or  reconnection of a utility
     9  service to a customer based upon the type or  source  of  energy  to  be
    10  delivered to such customer.
    11    § 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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