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History
- Substituted by A4086A
- Ordered to third reading cal.1533
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 5278a
- Amend and recommit to energy and telecommunications
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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Authorizes the public service commission, upon application by a municipality, to order costs for infrastructure maintenance and access to be charged to all customer classes
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Amy Paulin
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5278A
Title of bill
An act in relation to authorizing the public service commission, upon application by a municipality, to order costs for infrastructure maintenance and access to be charged to all customer classes located in such municipality
Purpose or general idea of the bill
To reduce property taxes by having all water rate payers pay for the costs associated with fire hydrant infrastructure maintenance and access charged to a municipality by a private water company.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 authorizes a municipality, after public hearing with notice and upon affirmative resolution of the municipality, to apply to the public service commission to have the costs associated with infrastructure, maintenance and access it is charged by a private water works corporation to be charged to all customers across all customer classes. Any savings achieved as a result shall be applied to the property tax levy of the municipality in an amount equal to such savings in the following fiscal year. This section also includes definitions.
Section 2 provides for an immediate effective date.
Justification
Municipalities that buy water from a private water warts corporation have a separate line item in their budgets to pay for fire :hydrant infrastructure maintenance and access. The burden of this cost is borne by municipal tax payers and not all water rate payers. This is not the case in municipalities which own their own water systems. Upon investigation, it is evident that many municipal water systems charge all rate payers, not just taxpayers, for all costs associated with water distribution, including hydrant costs. This legislation aims to remedy this inequity and apply the savings to reduce property taxes.
The City of New Rochelle is a municipality that buys water from a private waterworks corporation. In 2012, the Citizen's Panel on Sustainable Budgets ("Panel"), a group of community members, was tasked with examining the City's budget and proposing solutions to address its fiscal challenges. The Panel submitted its final report in September of 2012. One of its recommendations is to relieve property taxpayers of hydrant maintenance costs. This legislation was introduced in response to this recommendation.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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