Bill Text: NY S01089 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the power authority of the state of New York to provide low-cost electric power to Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway theaters for a limited period of time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-14 - PRINT NUMBER 1089A [S01089 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01089-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1089--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 8, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and  Tele-
          communications  -- recommitted to the Committee on Energy and Telecom-
          munications in accordance with Senate Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public authorities law, in relation to providing
          electrical power to Broadway and off-Broadway theaters; and  providing
          for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 1005 of the public authorities law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new undesignated paragraph to read as follows:
     3    Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision of law, the authority is
     4  authorized to enter into contracts prior to  July  first,  two  thousand
     5  eighteen,  which contracts may expire not later than June thirtieth, two
     6  thousand nineteen, to provide low-cost electric power to Broadway,  off-
     7  Broadway,  or off-off-Broadway theaters. For this purpose, the authority
     8  is authorized to provide any power available from any source  and  under
     9  any  program,  including,  without limitation, any new technology demon-
    10  stration project or the power for jobs program; provided, however,  that
    11  in  considering  any  allocation  under  the  power for jobs program, no
    12  customer shall be denied such allocation on the basis that such customer
    13  is unable to make commitments as to the number of jobs to be created  or
    14  maintained  by  such allocation. For the purposes of this paragraph: (a)
    15  the term "Broadway theater", "off-Broadway theater", or  "off-off-Broad-
    16  way  theater"  shall  mean  a building or part of a building with one or
    17  more performance areas and one or more audience seating areas  and  used
    18  for  the  presentation  of  dramatic or musical theater performances and
    19  commonly referred to either as a "Broadway theater", "off-Broadway thea-
    20  ter", or "off-off-Broadway theater"; and (b) the term  "customer"  shall
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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