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Assembly Bill A3245

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to emergency response plans relating to downed wires

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2021-A3245 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S930
Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §66, Pub Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11016, S8897
2023-2024: A237, S7230

2021-A3245 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A3245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3245
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SAYEGH, DICKENS, GRIFFIN, GALEF, SIMON, BUTTENS-
   CHON, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consumer
   Affairs and Protection
 
 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.
                                                            LBD02593-01-1

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