Bill Text: NY A04721 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to charges on fees on volunteer ambulance corps and volunteer fire companies in certain cases

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A04721 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04721-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4721
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORELLE, SWEENEY, GUNTHER, MAGEE, PHEFFER --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. QUINN -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
       AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to charges  on  fees
         on  volunteer  ambulance corps and volunteer fire companies in certain
         cases
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
    2  116-a to read as follows:
    3    S 116-A. CERTAIN VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS TO BE TREATED  AS  INDIVIDUAL
    4  CUSTOMER; CERTAIN CASES.  NO PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANY SHALL CHARGE, IMPOSE
    5  OR  COLLECT FROM ANY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS OR VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY
    6  ANY RATE, FEE OR CHARGE NOT OTHERWISE CHARGEABLE TO AN INDIVIDUAL  RESI-
    7  DENTIAL CUSTOMER FOR THE SAME OR SIMILAR SERVICE.
    8    S  2.  Section 66 of the public service law is amended by adding a new
    9  subdivision 29 to read as follows:
   10    29. NO REVENUE FOREGONE BY AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION,  AS  A  RESULT  OF
   11  SUBJECTING  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE CORPS AND VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANIES WITH
   12  RATES OR CHARGES APPLICABLE TO DOMESTIC CONSUMERS  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
   13  ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE RECOVERED FROM CUSTOMERS
   14  OF SUCH CORPORATION.
   15    S  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
   16  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08434-01-9