Bill Text: NY A03791 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to establishment of a public utility corporation community support program
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-15 - reported referred to rules [A03791 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A03791-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3791
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to establishment of
a public utility corporation community support program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 5 of the public service law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. THERE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED A PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATION COMMUNITY
4 SUPPORT PROGRAM (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "COMMUNITY SUPPORT
5 PROGRAM"), THE PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO ALLOW AND ENCOURAGE CONTRIBUTIONS
6 BY PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATIONS SUBJECT TO REGULATION BY THE COMMISSION,
7 TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF COMMUNITIES SERVED BY
8 THE PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATIONS. THE COMMISSION SHALL FORMULATE AND
9 PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
10 OPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND SHALL TAKE ACTION AND
11 INSTITUTE ALL PROCEDURES NECESSARY OR PROPER FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
12 OPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS
13 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, PROVISIONS WHICH:
14 A. SET FORTH THE MANNER IN WHICH A PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATION SHALL BE
15 ENCOURAGED TO CONTRIBUTE A MINIMUM OF ONE PERCENT OF ITS REVENUES TO
16 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS SERVING COMMUNITIES SERVED BY THE PUBLIC UTILI-
17 TY CORPORATION;
18 B. DEFINE THE TERMS "CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION" AND "REVENUE" FOR
19 PURPOSES OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM;
20 C. REQUIRE THAT THE CONSENT AND APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION BE FIRST
21 HAD AND OBTAINED PRIOR TO THE MAKING OF ANY CONTRIBUTION TO A CHARITABLE
22 ORGANIZATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
23 D. SHALL PROHIBIT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATION
24 MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FROM BEING CONSIDERED OR ALLOWED FOR
25 RATE-MAKING PURPOSES; AND
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 E. PROVIDE FOR NOTICE TO BE GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC BY THE PUBLIC UTILITY
2 CORPORATION REGARDING ITS CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN A MANNER LIKELY TO
3 BE SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
4 S 2. If any item, clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or
5 other part of this act, or the application thereof to any person or
6 circumstances shall be held to be invalid, such holding shall not
7 affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, or the applica-
8 tion of such section or part of a section held invalid, to any other
9 person or circumstances, but shall be confined in its operation to the
10 item, clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or other part of
11 this act directly involved in such holding, or to the person and circum-
12 stances therein involved.
13 S 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011. Effective immediately
14 the public service commission is authorized to promulgate any and all
15 rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement
16 this act on its effective date on or before such date.
