What's happening
This bill ensures not-for-profit organized youth sports programs receive utility rates equal to residential single-phase service rates.
Why it matters
Reduces financial burden on youth sports programs. By ensuring not-for-profit youth sports organizations pay the same utility rates as residential customers, the bill helps these groups allocate more funds to programming, equipment, and access for kids instead of overhead costs.
Levels the playing field with other not-for-profits. The legislation extends a benefit already given to veterans’ organizations, religious bodies, and community residences, recognizing the community value provided by youth sports and treating them equally under utility law.
May increase the sustainability and reach of youth sports. Lower operational costs could allow more organizations to survive and serve a greater number of young people, particularly in under-resourced areas where utility bills might otherwise be prohibitive.
Could set a precedent for similar support in other sectors. By recognizing youth sports as deserving of special utility rate considerations, the bill could open the door for additional support measures for not-for-profit organizations with demonstrated social benefits.
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- Referred to energy and telecommunications
- Referred to energy and telecommunications
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2619
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2019
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommunications
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to utility rates charged to not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 76 of the public service law, as amended by chapter 82 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
§ 76. Rates charged veteran organizations, religious bodies [and], community residences and not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth. No gas corporation, electric corporation or municipality shall, directly or indirectly, charge, demand, collect or receive from any post or hall owned or leased by a not-for-profit corporation that is a veterans' organization, or corporation or association organized and conducted in good faith for religious purposes, including the operation by such corporation or association of a school, notwithstanding that secular subjects are taught at such school, or from a community residence as defined in subdivision twenty-eight, twenty-eight-a or twenty-eight-b of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, provided, however, that such residence shall be operated by a not-for-profit corporation and if supervisory staff is on site on a twenty-four hour per day basis, that the residence provides living accommodations for fourteen or fewer residents, or from a not-for-profit organized sports program for youth, a rate, regardless of the type of service offered, for any gas or electric service utilized exclusively in connection with such [veteran] veterans' organization or for such religious purposes or utilized exclusively at such community residence or used by a not-for-profit organized sports program for youth greater than the rates or charges charged, demanded, collected or received by such gas corporation, electric corporation or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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municipality from domestic consumers receiving single-phase service within the same village, town or municipality.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public service law, in relation to utility rates charged to not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth
Purpose
Requires utilities to charge not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth residential rates
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Section 76 of the public service law, as amended by chapter 82 of the laws of 1998, is amended by including not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth. Section 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become law.
Justification
Currently, not-for-profit organized sports programs for youth are charged a "commercial" utility rate which is-applied to "for-profit" entities. Since organized sports programs should be afforded the commu- nity residences, rates.for youth are "not-for-profit" entities, they same rate treatment as religious organizations, and domestic consumers which enjoy residential utility
Legislative history
2018: S.6213-Referred to Energy & Telecommunications/A.7883-Referred to Energy 2017: S.6213 - Referred to Energy & Telecommunications/A.7883-Referred to Energy 2016: S.4052 - Referred to Energy & Telecommunications/A.3151 - Referred to Energy 2015: S.4052 - Referred to Energy & Telecommunications/A.3151 - Referred to Energy 2014: S.2491 - Referred to Energy & Telecommunications/A.4360 - Referred to Energy 2013: S.2491 - Referred to Energy & Telecommunications/A.4360 - Referred to Energy 2012: S.4441 - Referred to Energy & Telecommunications/A.6930 - Referred to Energy 2011: S.4441 - Referred to Energy & Telecommunications/A.6930 - Referred to Energy 2010: S.620 - Referred to Energy & Telecommunications/A.5966 - Referred to Energy 2009: S.620-Referred to Energy & Telecommunications/A.5966-Referred to Energy 2008: S.6745-Passed Senate/A. 9879 - Referred to Energy
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become law.
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