STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5442 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 29, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy and Telecommu- nications AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the minimum requirements for a quorum The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 11 of the public service law, as amended by chapter 2 371 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 11. Quorum; powers of a commissioner. A majority of the duly 4 appointed commissioners shall constitute a quorum and not less than a 5 majority of such commissioners concurring may transact any business, 6 perform any duty or exercise any power of the commission, provided, 7 however, a quorum shall not be constituted by less than three of the 8 duly appointed commissioners. The commission may hold meetings of the 9 commission at any time or place within the state. Any investigation, 10 inquiry or hearing which the commission has power to undertake or to 11 hold may be undertaken or held by or before any commissioner or before 12 any specially authorized officer or employee of the commission, provided 13 that at least one commissioner shall hold at least one public hearing 14 without delegation of authority to any specially authorized hearing 15 officer or employee when such hearings are mandated by applications for 16 rate increases. All investigations, inquiries, hearings and decisions of 17 a commissioner or specially authorized officer or employee shall be and 18 be deemed to be the investigations, inquiries, hearings and decisions of 19 the commission and every order made by a commissioner, when approved and 20 confirmed by the commission and ordered filed in its office, shall be 21 and be deemed to be the order of the commission. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 23 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10314-01-7