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A00476 Summary:

A00476 Actions:

A00476 Committee Votes:

Committee:CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS   Chair:Paulin      
DATE:04/26/2021AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Paulin
Aye
Lemondes
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Galef
Aye
Friend
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Lalor
Aye
Quart
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Otis
Aye
Angelino
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Kim
Aye
Seawright
Aye
Dilan
Aye
Richardson
Aye
De La Rosa
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Niou
Aye
Fall
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye

A00476 Floor Votes:

A00476 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A476
 
SPONSOR: Rozic (MS)

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to the appointment
of members of the public service commission
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
To improve oversight of utilities by setting clearly defined statutory
qualifications for prospective members of the Public Service Commission
(PSC).
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 of the bill amends section 4 of the public service law by
adding a new subdivision 4, which provides that any person appointed on
or after July 1, 2020 as a PSC commissioner shall (a) have education and
training and 3 or more years of experience in one or more of the follow-
ing fields: economics, engineering, law, accounting, business manage-
ment, utility regulation, public policy, consumer advocacy or environ-
mental management;
 
Section 2 of the bill sets forth the effective date.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
After a massive power outage hit Queens, the Assembly Queens Power
Outage Task Force was established to study the outage's causes. The Task
Force recommended that, unlike many other states, New York does not have
any substantive statutory standards for who may serve on the PSC. This
bill sets forth such standards to require relevant education and train-
ing of PSC commissioners that are appointed after July 1, 2020.
 
 
FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE:
 
None.
 
 
FISCAL IMPACT ON LOCALITIES:
 
None.
 
 
IMPACT ON REGULATION OF BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS:
 
None.
 
 
IMPACT ON FINES, IMPRISONMENT, FORFEITURE OF RIGHTS, OR OTHER PENAL
SANCTIONS:
 
None.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2020: A3819 (Rozic) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2019: A3819 (Rozic) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2018: A9697 (Rozic) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2017: A08608 (Kavanagh)- Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2016: A05771 (Kavanagh) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2015: A05771 (Kavanagh) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2014: A00177 (Kavanagh) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2013: A00177 (Kavanagh) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2012: A01643 (Kavanagh) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2011: A01643 (Kavanagh) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2010: A01671 (Gianaris) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2009: A01671 (Gianaris) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2008: A08619 (Gianaris) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
2007: A08619 (Gianaris) - Corporations, Authorities & Commissions
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it
shall have become a law.

A00476 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           476
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 6, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROZIC, BENEDETTO, COOK, GALEF, L. ROSENTHAL,
          MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ,  DINOWITZ,
          GOTTFRIED, McDONOUGH, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to amend the public service law, in relation to the appointment
          of members of the public service commission
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 4 of the public service law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. Any commissioner appointed on or after  July  first,  two  thousand
     4  twenty-two,  pursuant to this section shall have education and training,
     5  and three or more years of experience in one or more  of  the  following
     6  fields:  economics,  engineering,  law, accounting, business management,
     7  utility regulation, public policy, consumer  advocacy  or  environmental
     8  management.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    10  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03265-01-1

A00476 LFIN:

 
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