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Assembly Bill A4882

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the procedures and protocol for a utility service interruption emergency

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2009-A4882 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Transportation Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง23, Transp L

2009-A4882 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the procedures and protocol for a utility service interruption emergency.

2009-A4882 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4882

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ALESSI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EDDING-
  TON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation

AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation  to  procedures  and
  protocol for a utility service interruption emergency

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a  new  section
23 to read as follows:
  S  23.  UTILITY  SERVICE  INTERRUPTION EMERGENCIES. 1. AS USED IN THIS
SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE" (CDL) MEANS A CLASS A OR B  DRIVER'S
LICENSE  OR A CLASS C DRIVER'S LICENSE WHICH BEARS AN H, P OR X ENDORSE-
MENT, WHICH LICENSES CONTAIN THE LEGEND COMMERCIAL  DRIVING  LICENSE  OR
CDL  THEREON AND WHICH IS ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR
VEHICLE SAFETY ACT OF 1986, PUBLIC LAW 99-570, TITLE XII, AND THE  VEHI-
CLE  AND  TRAFFIC LAW, WHICH AUTHORIZES A PERSON TO OPERATE A COMMERCIAL
MOTOR VEHICLE.
  (B) "COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE" (CMV) MEANS A MOTOR  VEHICLE  THAT  HAS
ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:
  (1)  A GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT (GVW), GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING (GVWR),
GROSS COMBINATION WEIGHT  (GCW),  OR  GROSS  COMBINATION  WEIGHT  RATING
(GCWR) OF 4,537 KILOGRAMS (10,001 POUNDS) OR MORE.
  (2)  REGARDLESS OF WEIGHT, IS DESIGNED OR USED TO TRANSPORT 16 OR MORE
PASSENGERS, INCLUDING DRIVER.
  (3) REGARDLESS OF WEIGHT, IS USED IN THE TRANSPORTATION  OF  HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS  AND  IS REQUIRED TO BE PLACARDED PURSUANT TO 49 CFR PART 172,
SUBPART F.
  (C) "UTILITY SERVICE INTERRUPTION EMERGENCY" SHALL MEAN AN  OUTAGE  OR
INTERRUPTION OF UTILITY SERVICE IN NEW YORK STATE DUE TO AN EMERGENCY.
  (D)  "EMERGENCY" SHALL MEAN ANY HURRICANE, TORNADO, STORM (E.G.  THUN-
DERSTORM, SNOWSTORM, ICESTORM, BLIZZARD, SANDSTORM, ETC.),  HIGH  WATER,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08063-01-9
              

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