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History
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.609
- Print number 6921a
- Amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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Relates to rates and charges associated with the use or rental of fire hydrants owned or operated by the water authority of Western Nassau county and the water authority of Western Nassau county district
In Assembly Committee · Corporations, Authorities And Commissions · Sponsor Michaelle C. Solages
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BILL NUMBER:S6921A
Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to rates and charges associated with the use or rental of fire hydrants owned or operated by the water authority of Western Nassau county and the water authority of Western Nassau county district
Purpose
To ensure parity in charging of rates for use of fire hydrants by fire districts in a portion of western Nassau County.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends Subdivision 21 of section 1198-f of the public authorities law, as added by chapter 868 of the laws of 1990 to require that customers are given thirty days notice of public hearings to discuss rate changes, as well as to provide a rate cap of two hundred dollars for the first year after the effective date. Thereafter no rate or charge established pursuant to this subdivision associated with the use or rental of fire hydrants owned or operated by the authority may exceed two hundred dollars per hydrant per annum unless the authority demonstrates at a public hearing by clear and convincing evidence that its cost to maintain such hydrants exceeds two hundred dollars per hydrant per annum. The charge established by the water authority shall be published on the authority's website or published in paper form, which shall be made freely available at no charge.
Section 2 of the bill provides that the act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
Justification
Currently, the Water Authority of Western Nassau County is charging exorbitant rates in rentals fees for fire hydrants to volunteer fire departments and fire districts within the water authority's service area. This practice harms homeowners that are serviced by these fire districts who are also ratepayers of the water authority's utility rates. This bill establishes a cap on hydrant rental fees in the Water Authority of Western Nassau County district, equivalent to similar regional hydrant use fees in the county and provides a public disclosure and verification mechanism to ensure the protection of local fire districts and their resident taxpayers.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
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