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Assembly Bill A11016

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to emergency response plans relating to downed wires

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2019-A11016 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8897
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3245, S930
2023-2024: A237, S7230

2019-A11016 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to emergency response plans relating to the notification of location of downed wires from a municipal emergency official or individual.

2019-A11016 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11016
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Sayegh) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public service law, in relation to the emergency
   response plans relating to downed wires
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (xi)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 21 of
 section 66 of the public service law, as added by section 4 of part X of
 chapter 57 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (xi) appropriate  safety  precautions  regarding  electrical  hazards,
 including  plans to promptly secure downed wires within thirty-six hours
 of notification of the location of such downed wires  from  a  municipal
 emergency official OR INDIVIDUAL; and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD17101-01-0

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