2019 New York Laws
PBS - Public Service
Article 7 - Siting of Major Utility Transmission Facilities
130 - Powers of Municipalities and State Agencies.
§ 130. Powers of municipalities and state agencies. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no state agency, municipality or any agency thereof may require any approval, consent, permit, certificate or other condition for the construction or operation of a major facility with respect to which an application for a certificate hereunder has been issued, other than those provided by otherwise applicable state law for the protection of employees engaged in the construction and operation of such facility, and provided that in the case of a municipality or an agency thereof, such municipality has received notice of the filing of the application therefor.
Neither the Tug Hill commission nor the Adirondack park agency shall hold public hearings for a major utility transmission facility with respect to which an application hereunder has been filed, provided that such commission or agency has received notice of the filing of such application.
