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- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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Requires the public service commission to provide notice and opportunity to comment to local community boards in N.Y. city before sale of land by utility
In Assembly Committee · Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · Sponsor Aravella Simotas
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BILL NUMBER:S603
Title of bill
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring the public service commission to provide the appropriate local community board in a city with a population of one million or more with notice of and opportunity to comment and make recommendations on any proposed sale or acquisition of real property by a gas corporation or electric corporation furnishing utility service
Summary of specific provisions
Section 107 of the public service law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 which states that the PSC shall provide the local community board having jurisdiction over the property with notice of the proposed transaction within ten days of receiving an application for approval of the transaction.
The local community board will submit written comments and recommendations to the commission on the proposed transaction within thirty days of receiving such notice which the commission is required to respond to, prior to making its determination of the application.
Justification
When gas or electric corporation attempts to sell or acquire land in cities with a population of one million or more, the transfers require approval from the Public Service Commission, but at no point does the PSC notify the affected community or seek its advisory opinion.
Since the residents of the community who are most significantly impact from such a land transfer have unique knowledge of the community, they should be consulted and given the opportunity to relay their concerns to the PSC.
This legislation would allow the local community to be informed about and voice its opinion regarding these issues through its local community board, which has this responsibility for other land use matters of significance.
Prior legislative history
2012: Senate Bill 2525 (Gianaris) - Died in Senate Telecommunications 2012: Assembly Bill 4910 (Simotas) - Died in Assembly Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee 2010: Assembly Bill 5436 (Gianaris) - Died in Assembly Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee 2008: Assembly Bill 10434-A (Gianaris) - Died in Assembly Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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