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Assembly Bill A8861

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that the public service commission require certain utilities to repair and restore to its original condition any roadway of this state that it disturbs or destroys

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2021-A8861 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5, Pub Serv L

2021-A8861 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the public service commission require any utility subject to the provisions of the public service law to repair and restore to its original condition any roadway of this state that it disturbs or destroys while maintaining its respective service.

2021-A8861 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8861
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. DARLING -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring  utili-
   ties to repair certain roadways
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 5 of the public service law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE ANY UTILITY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS CHAPTER TO REPAIR AND RESTORE  TO  ITS  ORIGINAL  CONDITION  ANY
 STATE  OR  LOCAL  HIGHWAY  LOCATED  IN  A  CITY, COUNTY, TOWN OR VILLAGE
 OUTSIDE OF A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,  THAT  IT
 DISTURBS OR DESTROYS WHILE MAINTAINING ITS RESPECTIVE SERVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13066-01-1

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