Bill Text: NY S05660 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the rates set by the Sandy Hook pilots surcharge board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-09 - SIGNED CHAP.313 [S05660 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05660-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5660--A
            Cal. No. 1078
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 26, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Cultural
          Affairs,  Tourism, Parks and Recreation in accordance with Senate Rule
          6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to  first
          and  second  report,  ordered  to a third reading, amended and ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to the rates set by  the
          Sandy Hook pilots surcharge board
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 4 of section 88 of the naviga-
     2  tion law, as added by chapter 235 of the laws of  1999,  is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (e) There is hereby created a segregated fund to be known as the capi-
     5  tal  expense fund. Such segregated fund shall be initially funded by the
     6  increase in the base pilotage  tariff  as  set  forth  in  item  (A)  of
     7  subclause  one  of  clause  (ii) of subparagraph one of paragraph (b) of
     8  this subdivision by not more than seventy-five dollars  per  ship.  Such
     9  surcharge,  upon  annual  review  and  approval of the Sandy Hook pilots
    10  surcharge board, shall be imposed and used for the purposes of  funding,
    11  after the payment of reasonable and necessary expenses, capital expendi-
    12  tures including: the payment of outstanding debt related to the reengin-
    13  ing  of  the  pilot  boat  Sandy  Hook;  the payment of outstanding debt
    14  related to the rebuilding of the bulkhead and pier  at  the  Sandy  Hook
    15  Pilot  base  at Staten Island, New York; the payment of outstanding debt
    16  related to and the extraordinary repairs to the pilot boat New York;  to
    17  secure  four  new  pilot launches; and to fund all extraordinary capital
    18  expenses (those  beyond  normal  operating  expenses)  approved  by  the
    19  surcharge  board  along with portable DGPS pilot units, if deemed appro-
    20  priate by the surcharge board.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11286-02-6
        S. 5660--A                          2
     1    Such surcharge may fund similar future expenditures upon annual review
     2  and approval of the Sandy Hook  pilot  surcharge  board.  The  surcharge
     3  board  may  set  the  rate not to exceed [one hundred twenty-five] three
     4  hundred dollars per ship. The surcharge board is  hereby  authorized  to
     5  reduce or suspend payment of the surcharge set forth herein to take into
     6  account  any monies dedicated or awarded to the pilot capital needs from
     7  sources other than the tariff and surcharges set forth in this article.
     8    § 2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  the
     9  current  surcharge rate may not be increased by more than ten percent of
    10  the maximum authorized surcharge in each of the  two  one  year  periods
    11  following  such effective date unless there is a specific declaration by
    12  the surcharge board of an emergency need.