Assembly Bill A8916

                             
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                                   8916
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2022
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to requiring  corpo-
   rations  and  municipalities to notify property owners prior to begin-
   ning certain services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public service law is amended by adding a new section
 119-d to read as follows:
   § 119-D. NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS. 1.  PRIOR TO  BEGINNING  ANY
 SCHEDULED  SERVICE THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH A PROPERTY OWNER'S ABILITY TO
 ENJOY, USE, OR ACCESS SUCH PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY, A GAS CORPORATION,
 AN ELECTRIC CORPORATION, A GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION, A WATER  CORPO-
 RATION, A STEAM CORPORATION, A TELEGRAPH CORPORATION, A TELEPHONE CORPO-
 RATION  OR  A  MUNICIPALITY  RENDERING EQUIVALENT UTILITY SERVICES SHALL
 PROVIDE NOTICE TO SUCH  PROPERTY  OWNER  THAT  SUCH  SERVICE  IS  TO  BE
 PERFORMED. SUCH NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE SERVICE
 TO  BE PERFORMED, THE EXPECTED DURATION OF SUCH SERVICE, THE LOCATION OF
 SUCH SERVICE, ANY ROAD CLOSURES OR DETOURS THAT SHALL OCCUR DUE TO  SUCH
 SERVICE,  ANY  NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING SERVICE VEHICLES, THAT MAY
 INTRUDE UPON THE PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY OR INTERFERE WITH SUCH  PROP-
 ERTY  OWNER'S  ABILITY  TO  ENJOY,  USE, OR ACCESS SUCH PROPERTY OWNER'S
 PROPERTY, AND THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR  THE  CORPORATION  OR  MUNICI-
 PALITY  PERFORMING SUCH SERVICE. NOTICE SHALL BE GIVEN AS FAR IN ADVANCE
 AS CIRCUMSTANCES MAY ALLOW, BUT SHALL BE GIVEN NO MORE THAN THIRTY  DAYS
 IN  ADVANCE OF THE START DATE OF SUCH SERVICE AND NO LESS THAN FIVE DAYS
 IN ADVANCE OF THE START OF SUCH SERVICE.
   2. A GAS CORPORATION, AN ELECTRIC  CORPORATION,  A  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC
 CORPORATION,  A  WATER  CORPORATION,  A STEAM   CORPORATION, A TELEGRAPH
 CORPORATION, A TELEPHONE CORPORATION OR A MUNICIPALITY RENDERING  EQUIV-
 ALENT  UTILITY  SERVICES SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 PROVIDE NOTICE TO  PROPERTY OWNERS, IN WRITING OR, WHEN APPROPRIATE, VIA
 ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION AND SHALL FURTHER  MAKE  REASONABLE  EFFORTS  TO
 CONTACT  PROPERTY  OWNERS  PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANY SCHEDULED SERVICE THAT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 MAY INTERFERE WITH A PROPERTY OWNER'S ABILITY TO ENJOY, USE,  OR  ACCESS
 SUCH PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY.
   3.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY IN THE CASE OF A
 NATURAL OR MAN-MADE DISASTER OR STATE OF EMERGENCY PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 TWO-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.