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Apr 08, 2010 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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RoAnn Destito
"William Boyland
Mike Spano
Richard Brodsky
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Nancy Calhoun
Michael Gianaris
Dov Hikind
George Latimer
A10577 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7469
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
- Law Section:
- Public Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง98-a, Pub Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012: A6181, S1777
2013-2014: A8762, S1537
2015-2016: A1140
2017-2018: A10281
2019-2020: A3332
2021-2022: A5286
A10577 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10577 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring a safety and reliability inspection of all telephone poles used by telephone corporations providing telephone service to more than one million subscribers and the replacement or removal of deficient poles PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to ensure that there is a plan in place by any telephone corporation in NYS that services more than one million subscribers to conduct a study and imple- ment a plan of action to remove the growing number of old unsafe tele- phone poles in communities throughout the state or face a mandatory minimum fine for inaction. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 2 amends public service law by adding a new section 98-a that calls for the PSC to require telephone corporations providing telephone service to more than one million subscribers to conduct a safety and reliability study of all telephone poles used for telephone service and report the total number of poles per county, the total number of poles split or shattered, the number of poles severed or partially severed and the number of poles "strapped" or declared unsafe within language in this new subdivision. The study will be completed within 60 days of the effective date of this section and upon completion the study will be submitted to the public service commission, the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
A10577 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10577 I N A S S E M B L Y April 8, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HOYT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring a safe- ty and reliability inspection of all telephone poles used by telephone corporations providing telephone service to more than one million subscribers and the replacement or removal of deficient poles THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby declares that unsafe, inadequate or unreliable telephone poles are a danger to the general public and to telecommunications workers; that such telephone poles impair the effective delivery of telecommunications services; and that the public interest requires increased oversight of the safety and reliability of jurisdictional telecommunications services carried over or by above ground telephone lines, as such are defined in article 1 of the public service law; and that the public interest requires a set of minimum fines to ensure compliance with this statute by each telephone corporation serving over one million subscribers. S 2. The public service law is amended by adding a new section 98-a to read as follows: S 98-A. SAFETY AND RELIABILITY INSPECTION. 1. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION SHALL, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, REQUIRE TELEPHONE CORPORATIONS PROVIDING TELEPHONE SERVICE TO MORE THAN ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS, TO CONDUCT A STUDY OF THE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY OF ALL TELEPHONE POLES USED BY SUCH CORPORATIONS TO PROVIDE TELEPHONE SERVICE WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND TO REPORT UPON THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: (A) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TELEPHONE POLES PER COUNTY; (B) THE NUMBER OF TELEPHONE POLES WITHIN EACH COUNTY THAT ARE SPLIT OR SHATTERED FOR MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT OF THE LENGTH OF SUCH POLES; (C) THE NUMBER OF TELEPHONE POLES PER COUNTY THAT ARE SEVERED OR PARTIALLY SEVERED FROM THEIR BASE; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16730-02-0