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- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1327
- Print number 4377a
- Amend and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.656
- 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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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 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 that no rate or charge established pursuant to this subdivision associated with the use or rental of fire hydrants owned or operated by the authority or district shall exceed two hundred per hydrant per annum unless the district or authority demonstrates at a public hearing that its cost to maintain such hydrants exceeds two hundred dollars per hydrant per annum. The charge established by the water authority or district shall be published on the authority's or district's website. Any district or authority without a website shall publish its rates and charges 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 Western Nassau County Water Authority is charging exorbitant rates in rentals fees for fire hydrants to volunteer fire departments and fire districts within the water authority's service area. Such 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 Western Nassau County Water Authority district, equivalent to similar regional hydrant use fees in the county 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, 2017.
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