A 653: Prohibits the governing board of a municipal corporation from adopting any law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be delivered to the customer.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 653 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, PALMESANO, LEMONDES, HAWLEY, TAGUE, WALSH, SIMPSON, MANKTELOW, MILLER, BLANKENBUSH, SMITH, GALLAHAN, ANGELINO, MORINELLO, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to prohibiting municipal corporations from adopting local laws, ordinances, regu- lations, or policies that prohibit certain utility services from being delivered based on the type or source of energy The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new 2 section 99-aa to read as follows: 3 § 99-aa. Prohibitions relating to utility service. 1. For the purposes 4 of this section, "utility service" shall mean natural gas, propane, fuel 5 oil, or other fossil fuels provided to a customer. 6 2. The governing board of a municipal corporation shall not adopt any 7 local law, ordinance, regulation or policy that prohibits, or has the 8 effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of a utility 9 service to a customer based upon the type or source of energy to be 10 delivered to such customer. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00157-01-5