Bill Text: NY A06816 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 6816 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to develop, implement, administer and operate a temporary middle income home energy assistance program; makes an appropriation therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-11 - print number 6816a [A06816 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06816-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6816--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      April 6, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE, PICHARDO, MOSLEY, JOYNER -- Multi-Spon-
          sored  by  -- M.   of A. COOK, KEARNS -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Energy -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Energy  in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing
          the New York state energy research and development authority to devel-
          op a temporary middle income home energy assistance program; making an
          appropriation therefor and providing for the repeal of such provisions
          upon expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  1854 of the public authorities law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. Temporary middle income home energy  assistance  program.  (a)  The
     4  authority  is authorized, in conjunction with the department of taxation
     5  and finance, to develop, implement, administer and operate a  plan,  and
     6  hold  funds  available for such plan, to make available one-time supple-
     7  menting grants for the  purpose  of  assisting  eligible  households  to
     8  obtain home heating fuel.
     9    (b)  For  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term "home heating fuel"
    10  shall mean fuel oil, coal,  wood,  propane,  natural  gas,  electricity,
    11  steam,  kerosene  and  any  other fuel when used for residential heating
    12  purposes.
    13    (c) The authority is required, in accordance with the plan established
    14  in paragraph (a) of this subdivision, to participate  in  the  temporary
    15  middle  income  home  energy  assistance  program and to assist eligible
    16  households to obtain middle income home energy assistance.
    17    (d) Persons who qualify for middle income home  energy  assistance  in
    18  accordance  with standards promulgated by the authority, shall be certi-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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